Abbreviations - ABB COM600 series 5.0 Technical Reference Manual

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1.9.
COM600 series 5.0
Slave Protocols (Ethernet) and Applications Technical Refer-
ence Manual
Term
Report Control Block
SPA
SPA device
Substation Configuration Lan-
guage; SCL

Abbreviations

The following is a list of abbreviations associated with COM600 that you should be
familiar with. See also 1.8, Terminology.
Abbreviation Description
AE Alarms and Events
ASDU Application Service Data Unit
BRCB Buffered Report Control Block
DA Data Access
DMCD Data Message Code Definition
DO Data Object
GW Gateway, component connecting two communication networks together
WebHMI Web Human Machine Interface
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IED Intelligent Electronic Device
LAN Local Area Network
LD Logical Device
LN Logical Node
NCC Network Control Center
NUC Norwegian User Convention
OLE Object Linking and Embedding
OPC OLE for Process Control
P&C Protection & Control
PLC Programmable Logic Controller
POU Program Organization Unit
RTS Request To Send
Description
The report control block controls the reporting processes for
event data as they occur. The reporting process continues as
long as the communication is available.
ABB proprietary communication protocol used in substation
automation.
Protection and/or Control Product supporting the SPA protocol
version 2.5 or earlier.
XML-based description language for configurations of electrical
substation IEDs. Defined in IEC 61850 standard.
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