RTU — Remote Terminal Unit

RTU — Remote Ter­mi­nal Units What is RTU? RTU — Remote Terminal Unit RTU most com­mon­ly stands for Remote Ter­mi­nal Unit, but is some­times also used as an abbre­vi­a­tion for Remote Teleme­try Unit or Remote Tele­con­trol Unit. RTUs are devices...

DNP3

DNP3.0 — Dis­trib­uted Net­work Pro­to­col 3  What is the DNP3.0 protocol? DNP3 — Distributed Network Protocol 3 Dis­trib­uted Net­work Pro­to­col 3 (DNP3) is a set of com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­to­cols used between com­po­nents for automa­tion...

Profibus

Profibus Pro­to­col What is Profibus? Profibus PROFIBUS (Process Field Bus) is an open stan­dard for field­bus com­mu­ni­ca­tions in indus­tri­al automa­tion sys­tems that was first pro­mot­ed in Ger­many in 1989. The now most com­mon­ly found “Profibus DP”...

IEC 61850 Chapter

IEC 61850  A Chap­ter of the GOOSE Mes­sag­ingMMS Pro­to­colSCL FileICD FileLog­i­cal Nodes The GOOSE (Gener­ic Object Ori­ent­ed Sub­sta­tion Event) pro­to­col is a com­mu­ni­ca­tion mod­el defined by the IEC 61850 stan­dard, which uses...

ICCP/ TASE.2

ICCP/ Tase.2 — Inter-Con­trol Cen­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Protocol What is the ICCP or TASE.2 protocol? ICCP — IEC 60870–6/ TASE.2 ICCP (Inter-Con­trol Cen­ter Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Pro­to­col) is a stan­dard pro­to­col for com­mu­ni­ca­tions between pow­er grid...