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Introduction and Overview of IEC 61850

Configuration and Diagnostics

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.

IEC 61850 Tool Supports “Best Practice”

GOOSE Interoperability with Any Vendor

“Best Practice” Provides Contextual

Names – Generic Names Less Useful

Best practice provides specific names whenever possible

Exceptions include generic logic points, unnamed contact I/O

Generic Specific

Built In GOOSE Reports Reveal

Incoming and Outgoing GOOSE Info

Essential diagnostics to gain

certainty that virtual wiring is

functionally replacing copper wiring

GOOSE Reports Reveal Outgoing

GOOSE Publication Parameters

GOOSE Report Provides Incoming and

Outgoing GOOSE Statistics

GOOSE Report Displays Quality of

Incoming Messages for Error ModesConfiguration revision mismatch

Publisher commissioning

Publisher in test mode

Message corrupted

Message out of sequence

Message time-to-live expired

Travel to Site Only After Notification via

SCADA, email, Text Message, Voicemail

Perform and Verify Revision Control

Increment revision each time project or IED configuration changes

PAC device ID reveals device type

PAC IED Name reveals network name and revision number

ConfigVersion reveals default SCL File

Save Time With ID and GOOSE Reports

ID shows incorrectly configured PAC revision

Once corrected, GOOSE report shows correct

revision as part of GOOSE reference name

Ethereal™ Software Captures and

Reveals GOOSE Message Header

Destination multicast address, VLAN ID,

priority, PAC name, timestamp, and time to live

Ethereal Software Captures and

Reveals GOOSE Message ContentsState change number, sequence number,

type and quantity of values in payload

Unlike Other IEC 61850 Protocols,

GOOSE Payload Is Anonymous

Names and descriptions not available

Analyze Contents With Knowledge

of Configuration File

1. DiscoverBrowse Ethernet-connected SEL IEDs and learn

about the IEDs as they self-describe their

capabilities; download IEC 61850 configuration

files

2. Open

Begin an IEC 61850 design by opening the SEL

ACSELERATOR Architect software, an application

that lists the inventory of SEL IEDs

Architect

3. Import

Learn about non-SEL IEDs by importing

IEC 61850 files that explain the

communications capabilities of these

IEDs

Architect

4. Validate

Use ACSELERATOR Architect software to

verify that non-SEL IED description files

conform to the IEC 61850 standard

Architect

5. Start

Start a specific project and add all

the necessary IEDs to the project

list via dragging and dropping

from the IED inventory

Architect

6. Name

Use as many as 16 characters to give each IED

a name unique within the end-user organization

based on existing traditional naming methods or

the related standard IEC 61346

LVD97010MCAD

Architect

7. View

Learn about the contents of default datasets in

SEL IEDs that have been designed and

preloaded to satisfy most substation

applications

Architect

8. Edit

Customize new, unique datasets to

contain specific SEL IED values based on

customer needs

Architect

9. Choose

Select dataset contents from all available

IED data without data entry errors, via the

simple drag-and-drop process in the

ACSELERATOR Architect Software

Architect

10. Monitor

Use simple visual indicators to confirm

that custom datasets you build meet IEC

61850 message capacity constraints

Architect

11. Report

Use defaults or configure reports to provide datasets to

IEC 61850 clients

Buffered reports buffer contents in case of disrupted

communications; unbuffered reports do not

Architect

12. Publish

Configure outgoing GOOSE transmit messages

to provide datasets to IEC 61850 peers

A drag-and-drop process avoids data entry

errors as a designer selects from all available

IED data

Architect

13. Segregate – IEEE 802.1q

Assign GOOSE messages to separate virtual LANs

(VLANs) to eliminate IED processing of messages

intended for other IEDs

VLANs produce private, smaller, more efficient LANs

Architect

14. Prioritize – IEEE 802.1p

Assign priority levels to GOOSE messages to improve

network message flow

The network services high priority messages first, so

these messages travel more deterministically

Architect

15. Subscribe

View all available GOOSE receive messages being

published by other SEL and non-SEL IEDs

Learn dataset contents and choose data elements you

want to extract and use

Architect

16. Link

Associate contents of incoming IEC 61850 GOOSE

receive messages, chosen for extraction, with SEL IED

data elements

Dragging-and-dropping avoids data-entry errors

Architect

17. Qualify

Define incoming data accuracy and validity

parameters that must be met before SEL IEDs

accept and use these data

Architect

18. Save

Complete the substation design and

automatically create IEC 61850 configuration

information for each SEL IED in the project

Architect

19. Send

Load IEC 61850 configuration files into local

SEL IEDs and view log files to confirm that

these files loaded correctly and that no

exceptions occurred

Architect

20. Export

Create IEC 61850 configuration files to

archive or distribute to remote locations or

to software tools from other vendors

Architect

21. Load

Use FTP to load IEC 61850 configuration files

into SEL IEDs that are not directly connected to

the SEL ACSELERATOR Architect Software

View log files to confirm that these files loaded

correctly and that no exceptions occurred

22. Confirm

Query each SEL IED to confirm that each IED

executes the appropriate IEC 61850

configuration file – it is essential to know which

file is active in the IED

23. Diagnose

Query each SEL IED to learn which incoming

and outgoing GOOSE messages the IED

successfully receives and sends while the SEL

IED is in service

24. Alarm

Monitor quality of incoming GOOSE messages

and send immediate alarms to those who need

to know via front panel, email, text, or voice