SCL File (IEC 61850)

SCL — Sub­sta­tion Con­fig­u­ra­tion Language What is an SCL file? SCL — Substation Configuration Language The IEC 61850 stan­dard for sub­sta­tion automa­tion spec­i­fies a stan­dard­ized Sub­sta­tion Con­fig­u­ra­tion Lan­guage (SCL) to trans­fer device...

MMS Protocol (IEC 61850)

IEC 61850 MMS What is IEC 61850 MMS? IEC 61850 MMS IEC 61850 MMS (Man­u­fac­tur­ing Mes­sage Spec­i­fi­ca­tion) is a client/server based pro­to­col for com­mu­ni­ca­tions between IEDs (IED – Intel­li­gent Elec­tron­ic Device) and high­er...

Modbus

Mod­bus Protocol What is Modbus? Modbus Mod­bus is a com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­to­col based on master/slave (RTU) or client/server (TCP/IP) archi­tec­tures that can oper­ate on the 1st, 2nd, 7th lev­el of the OSI Model. Orig­i­nal­ly designed in 1979 by...

DLMS protocol

DLMS — Device Lan­guage Mes­sage Specification What is the DLMS protocol? DLMS — Device Language Message Specification DLMS/ COSEM (or IEC 62056) is the main glob­al stan­dard for smart ener­gy meter­ing, con­trol and man­age­ment. It includes spec­i­fi­ca­tions...

IED — Intelligent Electronic Device

IED — Intel­li­gent Elec­tron­ic Device What is IED? IED — Intelligent Electronic Device In the pow­er sec­tor, intel­li­gent elec­tron­ic devices (IED) are micro­proces­sor based pow­er sys­tem equip­ment, such as cir­cuit break­ers, trans­form­ers and...