Using The Iec 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network Card (Inp300S); E.1: Overview Of Iec 61850 - Electro Industries Shark 200 Installation & Operation Manual

E: Using the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet
Network Card (INP300S)

E.1: Overview of IEC 61850

When the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network card (INP300S) is added to the
Shark® 200 meter, the unit becomes an advanced intelligent Device that can be net-
worked on a IEC 61850 standard network within an electrical distribution system.
IEC 61850 is a standard for the design of electrical substation automation, including
the networking of substation devices. The IEC 61850 standard is part of the Interna-
tional Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) Technical Committee 57 (TC57). It consists
of a suite of protocols (MMS, SMV, etc.) and abstract definitions that provide a stan-
dardized method of communication and integration to support intelligent electronic
devices from any vendor, networked together to perform protection, monitoring,
automation, metering and control in a substation environment. For more information
on IEC 61850 go to http://iec61850.ucaiug.org/.
IEC 61850 was developed to:
• Specify a design methodology for automation system construction.
• Reduce the effort for users to construct automation systems using devices from
multiple vendors.
• Assure interoperability between components within the automation system.
• "Future-proof" the system by providing simple upgrade paths as the underlying
technologies change.
• Communicate information rather than data that requires further processing. The
functionality of the components is moved away from the clients (requesters)
toward the servers (responders).
IEC 61850 differs from previous standards in that:
• It specifies all aspects of the automation system from system specifications,
through device specifications, and then through the testing regime.
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