IEC 61850 Edition 1, 670 Series: Communication Protocol Manual
IEC 61850 Edition 1, 670 Series: Communication Protocol Manual
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Table of contents
Table of contents
Section 1 Introduction.........................................................................................................5
1.1 This manual......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Intended audience............................................................................................................................. 5
1.3 Product documentation................................................................................................................... 5
1.3.1 Product documentation set........................................................................................................ 5
1.3.2 Document revision history...........................................................................................................6
1.3.3 Related documents....................................................................................................................... 6
1.4 Document symbols and conventions.............................................................................................6
1.4.1 Symbols........................................................................................................................................... 6
1.4.2 Document conventions.................................................................................................................7
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1MRK511349-UEN A Section 1
Introduction
Section 1 Introduction
Decommissioning
Commissioning
Maintenance
Engineering
Operation
Installing
Engineering manual
Installation manual
Commissioning manual
Operation manual
Application manual
Technical manual
Communication
protocol manual
Cyber security
deployment guideline
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The installation manual contains instructions on how to install the IED. The manual provides
procedures for mechanical and electrical installation. The chapters are organized in the
chronological order in which the IED should be installed.
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Introduction
The commissioning manual contains instructions on how to commission the IED. The manual
can also be used by system engineers and maintenance personnel for assistance during the
testing phase. The manual provides procedures for the checking of external circuitry and
energizing the IED, parameter setting and configuration as well as verifying settings by
secondary injection. The manual describes the process of testing an IED in a substation which
is not in service. The chapters are organized in the chronological order in which the IED should
be commissioned. The relevant procedures may be followed also during the service and
maintenance activities.
The operation manual contains instructions on how to operate the IED once it has been
commissioned. The manual provides instructions for the monitoring, controlling and setting of
the IED. The manual also describes how to identify disturbances and how to view calculated
and measured power grid data to determine the cause of a fault.
The application manual contains application descriptions and setting guidelines sorted per
function. The manual can be used to find out when and for what purpose a typical protection
function can be used. The manual can also provide assistance for calculating settings.
The technical manual contains operation principle descriptions, and lists function blocks, logic
diagrams, input and output signals, setting parameters and technical data, sorted per
function. The manual can be used as a technical reference during the engineering phase,
installation and commissioning phase, and during normal service.
The point list manual describes the outlook and properties of the data points specific to the
IED. The manual should be used in conjunction with the corresponding communication
protocol manual.
The cyber security deployment guideline describes the process for handling cyber security
when communicating with the IED. Certification, Authorization with role based access control,
and product engineering for cyber security related events are described and sorted by
function. The guideline can be used as a technical reference during the engineering phase,
installation and commissioning phase, and during normal service.
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Introduction
The warning icon indicates the presence of a hazard which could result in
personal injury.
The caution hot surface icon indicates important information or warning about
the temperature of product surfaces.
The information icon alerts the reader of important facts and conditions.
The tip icon indicates advice on, for example, how to design your project or
how to use a certain function.
Although warning hazards are related to personal injury, it is necessary to understand that
under certain operational conditions, operation of damaged equipment may result in
degraded process performance leading to personal injury or death. It is important that the
user fully complies with all warning and cautionary notices.
• Abbreviations and acronyms in this manual are spelled out in the glossary. The glossary
also contains definitions of important terms.
• Parameter names are shown in italics.
For example, the function can be enabled and disabled with the Operation setting.
• Each function block symbol shows the available input/output signal.
• the character ^ in front of an input/output signal name indicates that the signal
name may be customized using the PCM600 software.
• the character * after an input signal name indicates that the signal must be
connected to another function block in the application configuration to achieve a
valid application configuration.
• Dimensions are provided both in inches and millimeters. If it is not specifically mentioned
then the dimension is in millimeters.
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Introduction to IEC 61850
The general scope of the IEC 61850 protocol standard is designed to support the
communication of all functions being performed in the substation. Its’ main goal is
interoperability; this is the ability for IEDs from one or different manufacturers to exchange
information and use the information for their own functions. Moreover, the standard allows a
free allocation of these functions and accepts any system philosophy, from a distributed
architecture (for example, decentralised substation automation) to a centralised configuration
(for example, RTU based).
The standard separates the functionality represented by the data model and the related
communication services from the communication implementation (stack).
The data model of the standard is an object-oriented one, grouping the data into the smallest
possible sets referring to the smallest possible functions to be implemented independently.
These smallest possible data groups or functions are named logical nodes. The logical nodes
and all data and attributes contained are named according to a standardised semantic, which
is mandatory.
This manual describes how the IEC 61850 standard is applied in the IEDs. References and brief
descriptions of the standard are also included. It is assumed that the reader has basic
knowledge of the IEC 61850 standard.
The following parts of the IEC 61850 standard are of importance as they relate to this manual:
• Station Configuration description Language (SCL) is described in IEC 61850-6. The SCL is
an XML based definition of how to describe the parts of a substation. This part of the
standard also includes the roles of different tools as well as the engineering concepts.
• Communication profile (IEC 61850 stack) is described in IEC 61850-8-1. This part of the
standard includes a number of possible communication profiles, and how the services
defined in IEC 61850-7-2 are mapped to the communication profile.
• Communication services are described in IEC 61850-7-2. This part deals mainly with the
communication facilities from client and server point of view. It includes the different
possibilities of communication functionality.
• Logical node data model. This is described in IEC 61850-7-3 and IEC 61850-7-4.
• Conformance tests and the basis for conformance documents are handled in IEC
61850-10.
Detailed information regarding the IEC 61850 implementation of the IED is described inside
the conformance documents.
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Introduction to IEC 61850
The conformance documents are unique for each product release and refer to each other. The
identities included in the related documents refer to a specific version of the IED series.
The communication profile in IEC 61850 uses the MMS standard, which uses Ethernet and
TCP/IP to handle the information transport within the substation.
The data modelling uses the concept of logical nodes to identify the published information for
communication. The standard defines a set of logical nodes, each representing a
communication view of a process function with a number of data objects. For example, a
transformer differential - or line differential protection, because the standard defines only a
differential protection. Therefore, it is possible to adapt the logical node, which is defined in
the standard, as a logical node class. The standard defines methods to describe the actually
used logical node as a logical node type which is then based upon the logical node class. This
allows all partners to interpret the logical node type information because the description is
completely given in the standard. The type description of all logical nodes is part of the Data
Type Template (DTT) section in the SCL description file of a station or the IED.
Besides the information about the configuration of the communication facilities, this manual
contains the full description of all logical nodes available in the IEDs. The information about
the logical nodes and their data objects may be used to identify which signals are available for
the functions as described in the technical manual. The link to the technical manual is done in
the logical node tables by listing the signal name as given in the function block, or as seen in
PCM600 or the LHMI.
Use the latest revision of the documents listed, unless stated otherwise.
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Substation Configuration description Language (SCL)
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Four different types of SCL files - SCD, CID, IID, and ICD, can be exported from PCM 600.
The SCL language is based on XML. However, detailed knowledge of the XML contents is not
needed.
The SCL XML file (ICD/SCD/CID/IID) contains five sections, which are specified in IEC 61850–6
clause 9.
• Header
• Substation section describes the functional structure and its relation to primary devices.
• Communication section describes the connection between the IED access points to the
respective subnetwork. and includes also the properties (addresses) of the access points.
• IED section contains a description of the supported communication services, the access
point(s) and the IEDs logical devices, logical nodes and their attributes.
• Data type template section contains a declaration of all types used in the SCL file, logical
nodes type, DO types, attributes and enums.
The system structure is defined by the organization of the plant structure in PCM600. The
signal engineering and the signal routing are IET600 tasks, signal engineering regarding DS,
rcb,gcb, GOOSE subscribers can be done also in PCM600. The IED needs to be configured with
PCM600 before the system is configured with IET600.
The SCL engineering must be done in an SCL engineering tool. The data sets and the control
blocks are logically defined as part of the logical nodes (see IEC 61850–7–2 clause 9). The IED
also needs a correctly configured communication section for GOOSE engineering, which can
be done in IET600 or PCM600.
The data type templates section provides the correct content description of each logical node
type to all tools and users (clients) of the information. Each IED and vendor may have their own
logical node type definitions included in the data type template section together with all other
logical node types based on the standard.
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Substation Configuration description Language (SCL)
Substation
VoltageLevel
Station
Bay
LNode
IED LD LN
IED LD LN
Communucation
Commun
Subnetwork
Connected AP
IED Name AccessPoint Address GSE
IED Name AccessPoint Address GSE
IED
Services AccessPoint
Server
Authentication
LDevice
LN0 LN
DataSet DOI
DAI
Report Control
GOOSE Control
Inputs
DOI
IED
SettingControl
DataTypeTemplates
LNodeType
DO
DOType
DOType
DA SDO
DAType
DAType
BDA
EnumType
EnumType
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A reference to GOOSE Control Blocks (GoCB) is included in the communication section when
GoCB is configured.
The organization of the physical IEDs to the communication network is independent of the
substation structure. The IEC 61850 standard defines the communication network with no
relation to an existing media or protocol. The mapping to an existing media and protocol is
specified in IEC 61850–8–1.
The IEC 61850 standard describes in part 7–2 the ACSI in a media and protocol independent
form. Part 8–1 specifies the mapping of this ACSI to the existing MMS.
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The communication section describes how information is routed between the IEDs and
contains the following parts:
• Subnetworks
• IEDs connected to different subnetworks
• Access points per IED to subnetworks
• Address
• IP address of LAN network (is exceptionally part of the address elements)
• Link to GoCB message in transmission direction (extended during signal engineering and
routing)
IED IED
(client) (client)
- Access Point (AP) - Access Point (AP)
- Address - Address
- GSE; GoCBs - GSE; GoCBs
Communication Communication
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The IED section describes the complete IED as it is needed for IEC 61850 communication and
signal engineering. The data type template part of an IED may be seen as part of the IED, even
when separated in its own section. The IED's ICD files include the description of the logical
nodes, their data type templates and the used or supported services. The structure of the IED
section follows the definitions made in the IEC 61850 standard.
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are located on the bay level and are identified as server IEDs when they read or write
information vertically. When GOOSE messages are received, the bay level IED also has the
client role.
Subnetwork
AP
Server IED
SB1.LD0
Logical
Node
LLN0
LPHD Data
SXCBR1 Mod
SCSWI1 Beh
SXSWI1 Health
Data
SCSWI2 NamePlt Attribute
SXSWI2 Pos ctlVal
SXSWI3 OpCnt q
SCSWI4 BlkOpn t
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The data objects represent information signals that may be routed to station level IEDs or to
other bay IEDs that are communicating via GOOSE. The signal engineering task is to select the
requested signals (DOs) and link them to the client IEDs as receiver. When using a dataset for
MMS, the requested signals are DOs but when creating a dataset for GOOSE messaging, DAs
are used.
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The number of data objects and data attributes per DO is defined by the used LN type in the
IED. The content of logical node types and DO types are defined in the DTT. This also means
that the definitions in the DTT section have to be unique within an SCD file.
The IEC 61850-6 defines a number of roles for tools. In the Relion® series, PCM600 is defined as
the IED tool, and IET600 is defined as the system engineering tool.
The sections in SCL contain properties that are to be configured by these tools. There is no
relation between one section and one specific tool. The task of the IED tool is to configure all
properties for the IED, while the system tool has the task to define the place of the IED in the
system and its communication dependencies. For example, the plant structure in PCM600
results in the subsystem section in SCL regarding the subsystem structure down to the IED
level. The PCM600 also configures the IED section as a result of the IED configuration. In
PCM600, the configuration properties for SCL are handled automatically as a result of the
configuration, except for the receiving of GOOSE information that has a dependency with the
system tool.
IEC 61850 engineering with PCM600, PCM600 IEC 61850 Configuration tool and IET600
PCM600:
• When an IED is instantiated, its place in the plant structure creates the corresponding
structure in the substation section in SCL. The communication facilities is also created in
the communication section.
• The functionality of the IED is configured by using ACT in PCM600. For each function, the
corresponding logical device and logical node(s) is created in the IED section together
with its type definition in data type template section
• The above forms the IED capabilities from a communication perspective and will then be
included in the file exported from PCM600 as SCD, ICD, IID and CID file
• Included in PCM600 is the new IEC 61850 Configuration tool which allows the user to
define data sets and control blocks for both Client Server and GOOSE communication.
• The IEC 61850 Configuration tool gives the user the possibility to make the IEC 61850
engineering without export / import step.
It does NOT however allow the User to define the substation part.
IET600:
• Open a SCD file or import/merge a SCD, ICD or CID file for the particular IED(s).
• For each IED, the user defines the datasets, the control blocks for reporting (this means
unbufffered/buffered reporting and GOOSE) and the properties for each report control
block.
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• If client definitions (like client. ICD) are required in the system configuration, they are
merged into IET600 and connected to the unbuffered/buffered report control blocks.
• Logical nodes, which are not related to the conducting equipment, must be included in the
bay level in the substation section.
• The resulting SCD file is exported from IET600.
PCM600:
Define the inputs for the client in IET600 and cross-reference the signals in SMT. Import the
SCD file to PCM600 to receive GOOSE data. For each IED that shall receive GOOSE information,
the received data is connected to the applications using SMT in PCM600.To be able to import
scd-file to PCM600 61850 engineering in PCM must be set to disabled.
If input signals are not defined for clients in IET600, they will not be visible in
SMT. Inputs (GOOSE clients) can also be defined in PCM600.
• Top-down approach means that the system engineering tool has ICD files available for
each IED to be included in the system configuration. The ICD files may be of the template
type and represent a pre-configured IED.
Client A Client B
System
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Communication profile
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The IEC 61850 standard is conceptually written to be independent of an existing
communication media and message transmission concept. Out of this, a specific
communication profile is decided and has been commonly used. The profile contains:
The IEC 61850 standard describes its requested services in ACSI, which is contained in part 7-2
of the standard. The mapping to the MMS for all aspects of services and Ethernet usage is
specified in part 8-1 of IEC 61850.
Each device manufacturer, which is a partner of an IEC 61850 based communication network,
has to take these two specifications and adapt their respective product to the requirements
and definitions given in the standard. To make this profile visible to all other partners, so they
can check what they can expect and what they have to support, the PICS document is defined.
The PICS contains in a table based form the possibility of a product or product family.
IED (client)
(61850 services; part 7-2)
AP
Subnetwork
Communication Communication
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Generic
Object Generic
Sampled Core Substation
Oriented
Values Time ACSI Status
Substation
(Multicast) Sync Services Event
Event
TimeSync
SV GOOSE (SNTP) MMS Protocol Suite GSSE
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For each of the above, the resulting underlying protocols as stated in Figure 7.
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Supported services
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IEC 61850-7-2 describes the services in the standard. IEC 61850-8-1 describes how the services
are applied in the communication. The conformance documents contain the description of the
supported services in the IED.
Services that are not mentioned in this chapter or in the conformance document are not
supported by the IED.
Data set
Define data sets by the SCD description.
Substitution
Substitution is supported for the respective DATA, according to IEC 61850-7-4, that have the
substitution attributes defined.
The Setting range is expressed in the minVal and maxVal data attributes (DAs) in each setting
data object (DO). When writing settings a check will be done to compare the new value with
the minVal and maxVal attributes, when applicable (this depends on the data type and if the
minVal and maxVal are mapped). So if the minVal and maxVal is not mapped, all values in the
range of the data type will be accepted. If the written value is outside the range, Object-Value-
Invalid will be returned to the client.
Note that the actual number of used setting groups is defined by the
parameter MaxNoSetGRP in the function SETGRPS, which is configured in PST
in PCM600. But six setting groups is the maximum and it cannot be exceeded.
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Setting parameter values over the communication link doesn't require any
authorization if Enable61850Setting has been set to Enabled.
Cancellation of an ongoing edit session. there are two ways to cancel an ongoing edit
session:
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or
Note that the data sets that are used or referred to by GOOSE control blocks
can only include a data attribute once. In other words, there may not be the
same data attribute in more than one data set.
When publishing a measured value, the user must take care of which measured value data
attributes are added to a data set. If the measured value is event-handled (like in the case of
MMXU functions), then one can add that value directly to the data set. If the value is not event-
handled, (like in the case of Synchrocheck function), it is recommended to connect the value
desired to be published to a MVGAPC function block (in ACT) and then use the measured value
given by the MVGAPC.
Example of functions that have event-handled measured values (can be added directly to the
data set).
• CVMMXN - Measurements
• CMMXU - Phase current measurement
• VMMXU - Phase-phase voltage measurement
• CMSQI - Current sequence component measurement
• VMSQI - Voltage sequence measurement
• VNMMXU - Phase-neutral voltage measurement
• MVGAPC - IEC 61850 generic communication I/ O functions
Generic function blocks are provided to make available to the 61850 bus signals that are not
defined inside any of the available function blocks. Example of such functions include:
Control
Of the different control sequences, the ‘direct-with-normal-security’ and ‘SBO-with-enhanced’
security are supported (defined by the ctlModel parameter, IEC 61850-7-2).
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Check bits; interlock check and synchrocheck check, are only valid for LN types based upon
CSWI class.
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Data sets and control blocks
IEC 61850 has defined data sets and report control blocks to transmit signals for monitoring
purposes. Data sets are also used for GOOSE messages in horizontal communication among
IEDs. The project defines the data objects or single data attributes that should be collected in
a data set. Figure 9 shows a data set where all position information of the apparatuses of a
bay are put into one data set.
PCM600 will generate default data sets, based on the current ACT configuration. The default
data sets can be modified or removed in the engineering tools. No RCBs are created
automatically by PCM600. However, the configured IEDs are delivered with RCBs for all default
the data sets.
• All data objects or their data attributes can be selected for a data set.
• Only those data attributes of a data object can/will be selected which have the same
function constraint (FC).
• Data objects with different FC can be selected for a data set. For example, DOs with FC =
ST and DOs with FC=MX can be member in one data set.
• A single data attribute can be selected when it is specified with a trigger option. For
example, the data attribute stVal of the data object Pos can be selected as a member of a
data set, because it is specified with the trigger option data change detected (dchg).
The description of the data sets with name and the list of data object members (FCDAs is
included in the SCL file in the IED section in the Logical device subsection. As specified in IEC
61850–7–2 clause 9, the data sets are part of a logical node. They are most likely included in the
LLN0.
To be able to transmit the signals configured in a DataSet, a report control block must be
configured to handle and specify how the events are transmitted to the clients. There are two
types of report control blocks; unbuffered and buffered. The buffered report control block
stores the events during a communication interrupt, while the unbuffered is sent upon data
change and not stored during interruption.
The content of a BRCB is listed in IEC 61850-7-2 in clause 14. The BRCB contains many
attributes which are of interest to handle and secure the communication between the client
and the server and may be set once as default in a project. Others are of application interest in
the way events are handled in a project.
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enables/disables the buffer time. For more information, refer section IEC 61850-8-1
communication protocol in Technical manual.
• Trigger options
• The data attributes know three different trigger options (dchg, qchg, dupd). Within
the BRCB, the two other can be defined (integrity and general interrogation). The
attribute Trigger option is a multiple choice and allows to mask the supported
trigger options in this BRCB.
• Integrity period
• When integrity is selected in the trigger option attribute, it is needed to define an
integrity period to force the transmission of all data listed in the DataSet. This is
done by the attribute Integrity period. This feature can be used as a background
cycle to ensure that the process image in all partners is the same.
• General interrogation
• A general interrogation is only done on request from a client. Not all Data-sets may
contain information which is needed for a general update of the client. For example
data with T(ransient) = TRUE are not part of a GI. When the BRCB attribute general
interrogation is set to TRUE a GI request from the client will be handled. The report
handler will transmit all data defined in the Data-set with their actual values. The IEC
61850 standard defines that all buffered events shall be transmitted first before the
GI is started. A running GI shall be stopped and a new GI shall be started, when a new
GI request is received while a GI is running.
• Purge buffer (valid only for BRCB)
• This BRCB attribute can be used by a client to clean the event buffer from old events.
The events are discarded on request of the client. This feature can be used to delete
old events not transmitted to the client due to stopped communication. After the
link is reestablished the client can decide to clean the buffer or to receive the history.
Trigger Options
IEC 61850 has defined in total five different TrgOp. Three of them belonging to data attributes
and marked per data attribute in the column TrgOp of the CDC tables in part 7–3. The other
two belonging to the configuration of control blocks.
• dchg = data-change
• Whenever a process value has changed its value either binary or a measurement a
transmission is done.
• qchg = quality change
• Looking to the possibilities of the quality data attribute type (q) any changes in the
quality description will be transmitted.
• dupd = data value update
• This trigger option give the possibility to define that a transmission should be done
on a condition which can be controlled by the application.
• integrity
• This trigger forces the transmission of all process values defined in the data set
when a timer value (the integrity period) expires.
• general interrogation
• This trigger is forced by the clients (= station level IED; NCC gateway, station
HMI, ...). Normally a GI is asked for, when the client and the server start or restart a
session. When the client is able to receive the actual values and when the logical
device has scanned all process values at least once, an image of the actual process
signal status can be transmitted to the client.
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Note that the possible trigger options for each attribute are included
and defined in the datatype template section in SCL.
The selected client IED with the corresponding LN, for example, ITCI is included in the SCL
structure of the Report Control description of the IED section.
The description of the BRCB with selected DataSet, configured parameters and selected IEDs
is included in the SCL file in the IED section in the LN0 structure for the LD where this LN0
belongs to.
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Receive
Receive
Receive
Receive
Receive
Receive
Send
Send
Send
Data-set Data-set Data-set
LN LN LN
LN LN
LN
LN LN LN
LN
LN LN LN LN LN
Subnetwork
Comm. Comm.
GSE GSE
Server Server
LD0 LD0
GoCB
GoCB
GoCB Input
Input
Input GoCB
GoCB
GoCB Input
Input
Input
DataSet
DataSet
DataSet DataSet
DataSet
DataSet
LN0 LN0
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The GOOSE service model of IEC 61850-7-2 provides the possibility for fast and reliable
system-wide distribution of input and output data values. This implementation uses a specific
scheme of re-transmission to achieve the appropriate level of reliability. When a GOOSE server
generates a SendGOOSEMessage request, the current data set values are encoded in a GOOSE
message and transmitted on the multicast association. The event that causes the server to
invoke a SendGOOSE service is a local application issue as defined in IEC 61850-7-2. Each
update may generate a message in order to minimize throughput time.
Additional reliability is achieved by re-transmitting the same data (with gradually increasing
SqNum and retransmission time).
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T0 (T0) T1 T1 T2 T3 T0
event
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The GOOSE message concept is used for all application functions where two or more IEDs are
involved. Typical example is the station-wide interlocking procedure or breaker failure
protection.
Figure 10 shows the GOOSE concept for three IEDs which interchange GOOSE messages
between each other.
To send GOOSE messages a GoCB must be defined and a data set is needed that contains the
data objects of single data attributes to be sent.
A GOOSE message is forced to be transmitted when a trigger change is detected for a data
attribute. All members of the data set are copied in the send buffer with their actual value and
the message is sent. The subscribers, who knows the address of this GOOSE message,
receives the telegram. The GOOSE message includes a sequence number to verify that all
messages are received.
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Logical node data model
GUID-EFBB8957-ABA9-4B25-B1CC-630B892A3FC7 v3
The data model used by IEC 61850 is based on logical nodes containing a set of data objects.
The data model is defined in the standards.
The standard describes only classes of logical nodes and data objects on one side and
common data classes for the data object attributes. Also here it is given has the elements in
these classes are defined as:
• Mandatory (M)
• Optional (O)
• Conditional optional (Cxxx)
• In addition, the IEC 61850 states rules for adding vendor-specific definitions to the
standard, in order to cope with extra functionality.
The possible description of the data model according to the standard allows to adapt a logical
node of a LN class to that what the product is supporting or using for this LN. This definition
of what parts of a class is used in the actual product and possible addition is called a type,
according to IEC 61850-6. There are LN types based upon LN classes. The LN type attributes
are called Data Objects (or DATA) and are in of DO types, base upon respective CDC class. This
allows all partners in the IEC 61850 project who need this LN to understand the LN in all details
for the communication part.
The IEC 61850 standard does not describe the functionality and way of operation. Each
supplier has to describe this separately. ABB has described their function blocks that
represent a logical node and all other function blocks in the technical manuals. This chapter in
the communication protocol manual has two purposes:
• Describe the Logical Node types and their data object attribute types.
• Make the link to the description of the function block.
The IEC 61850 standard describes in part 7-5, a Common Logical Node. The data objects
contained in that LN are both mandatory and optional. The mandatory data objects have to be
included in each LN. This clause describes the general handling of the data objects in the IEDs.
The mandatory data objects as defined in IEC 61850-7-4 as part of the Common Logical Node
are Mode, Behavior, Health and NamePlate.
Mode
The operation modes ON (enabled) and BLOCKED are supported remotely by a command or
locally from the LHMI of the IED.
Behaviour
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The operational mode as given by the Mode control is shown in the data object Beh according
to priority rules described for Beh in clause 6 of IEC 61850-7-4.
The Beh shows the actual state of the function depending on the hierarchy described in clause
6 of IEC 61850-7-4.
It is possible that the behavior is influenced also by other sources independent from the Mod,
for example Insertion of the test handle, loss of SV, IED configuration tool (PCM600), or LHMI.
In case the setting “operation” of a function is set to Off from the LHMI or PCM600, the Beh
will be set to Off independent of the value of the Mod.
The state Off can be set from the LHMI or the PCM600 for the functions having the setting
“operation”.
Health
Health will reflect the current status of the IED HW and configuration. Possible values are: OK,
Warning, and Alarm.
NamePlt
The name of the logical node and its relation to namespace definition are shown in the data
object NamePlt as specified for the SCL structure.
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SLGAPC SEMOD114936-1 v4
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PID-4139-LOGICALNODEDATA v3
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Flexible product naming
The Flexible product naming tool in PCM600 allows the customer to use an IED-vendor
independent 61850 model of the IED. This customer model will be exposed in all IEC 61850
communication, but all other aspects of the IED will remain unchanged (for example, names on
the local HMI and names in the tools).
This offers significant flexibility to adapt the IED to the customers system and standard
solution.
Benefits:
Non-affected function views IED 61850 model FPN mapping Customer 61850 model
LHMI
view LD LD
PCM
FunctionA APTOC LD L1PTOC
view
... view
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Figure 12: L1PTOC in the customer model mapped to BPTOC in the IED model and
L2PTOC mapped to APTOC
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LHMI
view LD
PCM LD L1PTOC
FunctionA
view
... view
FunctionB LD L2PTOC
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IEC15000503 V2 EN-US
The mapping between the IED model and the customer model provides a set of possibilities
but also include some requirements.
When the mapping is performed there are some requirements that must be fulfilled between
the IED model and the customer model:
• One attribute in the customer model can only be mapped to one attribute in the IED
model.
• However one attribute in the IED model can be mapped to several attributes in the
customer model.
• The functional constraint (FC) of the data attributes must match.
• The basic type of the data attributes must match.
• Trigger options of the data attributes must match.
• The version of the IEC 61850 standard must match.
• Number of data sets must not exceed the maximum number of data sets that the IED
supports.
There are also some consequences that must be thought about when doing the mapping for
example,
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• If two DOs in one LN in the customer model are mapped to DOs in different LNs in the IED
model the DOs in the customer model might be inconsistent with respect to quality in the
case of different operational states of the IED Functions.
• When several LNs in the customer model are mapped to one function in the IED, the Mod
of the function will affect all the customer LNs
Several other use cases like this exist. By understanding the concept of mapping from IED
functions and IED model to customer model, these cases can be foreseen.
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Glossary
Section 9 Glossary
M14893-1 v18
AC Alternating current
ACC Actual channel
ACT Application configuration tool within PCM600
A/D converter Analog-to-digital converter
ADBS Amplitude deadband supervision
ADM Analog digital conversion module, with time synchronization
AI Analog input
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AR Autoreclosing
ASCT Auxiliary summation current transformer
ASD Adaptive signal detection
ASDU Application service data unit
AWG American Wire Gauge standard
BBP Busbar protection
BFOC/2,5 Bayonet fiber optic connector
BFP Breaker failure protection
BI Binary input
BIM Binary input module
BOM Binary output module
BOS Binary outputs status
BR External bistable relay
BS British Standards
BSR Binary signal transfer function, receiver blocks
BST Binary signal transfer function, transmit blocks
C37.94 IEEE/ANSI protocol used when sending binary signals between IEDs
CAN Controller Area Network. ISO standard (ISO 11898) for serial
communication
CB Circuit breaker
CBM Combined backplane module
CCITT Consultative Committee for International Telegraph and Telephony. A
United Nations-sponsored standards body within the International
Telecommunications Union.
CCM CAN carrier module
CCVT Capacitive Coupled Voltage Transformer
Class C Protection Current Transformer class as per IEEE/ ANSI
CMPPS Combined megapulses per second
CMT Communication Management tool in PCM600
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Underreach A term used to describe how the relay behaves during a fault condition.
For example, a distance relay is underreaching when the impedance
presented to it is greater than the apparent impedance to the fault
applied to the balance point, that is, the set reach. The relay does not
“see” the fault but perhaps it should have seen it. See also Overreach.
UTC Coordinated Universal Time. A coordinated time scale, maintained by
the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), which forms the
basis of a coordinated dissemination of standard frequencies and time
signals. UTC is derived from International Atomic Time (TAI) by the
addition of a whole number of "leap seconds" to synchronize it with
Universal Time 1 (UT1), thus allowing for the eccentricity of the Earth's
orbit, the rotational axis tilt (23.5 degrees), but still showing the Earth's
irregular rotation, on which UT1 is based. The Coordinated Universal
Time is expressed using a 24-hour clock, and uses the Gregorian
calendar. It is used for aeroplane and ship navigation, where it is also
sometimes known by the military name, "Zulu time." "Zulu" in the
phonetic alphabet stands for "Z", which stands for longitude zero.
UV Undervoltage
WEI Weak end infeed logic
VT Voltage transformer
3IO Three times zero-sequence current.
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