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Section 5
RER620
Communication Protocol Manual
Glossary
ANSI
American National Standards Institute
ASDU
Application-layer service data unit
DNP3
A distributed network protocol originally developed by Westronic.
The DNP3 Users Group has the ownership of the protocol and
assumes responsibility for its evolution.
DTE
Data terminal equipment
EMC
Electromagnetic compatibility
EPA
Enhanced performance architecture
Ethernet
A standard for connecting a family of frame-based computer
networking technologies into a LAN
HMI
Human-machine interface
IEC 60870-5
IEC standard for telecontrol equipment and systems. Part 5
defines transmission protocols.
IEC 60870-5-101
Companion standard for basic telecontrol tasks
IEC 60870-5-104
Network access for IEC 60870-5-101
IEC 61850
International standard for substation communication and
modeling
LHMI
Local human-machine interface
PCM600
Protection and Control protective relay Manager
SCADA
Supervision, control and data acquisition
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