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2 IEC 61850-7-2 Abstract Communication Service Interface IEC 61850 uses an object-oriented approach to define the standardized functionality insubstation devices. The Abstract Communication Service Interface (ACSI) specified by IEC61850-7-2 provides information models that describe how the information should beorganized and how it should be exchanged between different devices. Some of models are basic information models, which are used to build up domain specific information models.The ACSI also provides other information models, e.g. models for file transfer andapplication associations. All ACSI models are defined as classes which both contain attributesand services for information exchange. [3] Basic information models The basic information models are a fundamental part of IEC 61850 since they are used to build up other domain specific models, for example substation automation models. Figure 2-4shows how the different models are related. Note that every model in the diagram except theSERVER has a Name. The name consists of an ObjectName and an ObjectReference. TheObjectReference is a concatenation of Object Names from the different containers in whichthe object is found. [3] SERVER The SERVER-model represents a physical device. Allother models provided by the ACSI are part of theSERVER. The main purpose of the SERVER is tocommunicate with clients and peer-devices. LOGICAL-DEVICE A LOGICAL-DEVICE (LD) works like a container for logical nodes. A LOGICAL-DEVICE should usuallycontain nodes with the same type of functionality, e.g.several nodes with protection related functionality can be grouped into one logical device and nodes withcontrol functionality can be grouped into another. A physical device can in this way consist of one or severallogical devices. LOGICAL-NODE The LOGICAL-NODE model represents a specificfunction and contains the consumed or producedinformation ( DATA ) DATA The DATA-model is used to specify typed information,for example a sample value. Data contains a few or several data attributes. Figure 2-4 Conceptual view of ACSI basic information models

Using IEC 61850 for remote disturbance analysis Roland HamrnPowel Energy Management AB March 0711 Logical nodes The basic information models are, as earlier stated,used to build up domain specific informationmodels. IEC 61850-7-4 defines about 90 differentlogical node classes, called compatible logicalnodes, with standardized names and data. Thesenodes are divided into 13 groups, shown by Table2-2, and cover the most of the functionality used by different types of substation devices. There arealso standardized rules which should be used tocreate new logical node classes when extrafunctionality not covered by the standard is needed.Figure 2-5 shows how the compatible logical nodeclasses are built up by using the basic informationmodels. [2] Logical node groups Number of logical nodes System logical nodes 3Protection functions 28Protection related function 10Supervisory control 5Generic references 3Interfacing and archiving 4Automatic control 4Metering and measurement 8Sensors and monitoring 4Switchgear 2Instrument transformer 2Power transformer 4Further power system equipment 15 Total number of logical nodes 92 Table 2-2 Logical node groups [2] 2.3.3 Information exchange The Abstract communication service interface is, as it sounds, only abstract. The servicesdefined by the ACSI models are called abstract services and they only describe the requiredactions on the receiving side of a service (The server side). In order to make datacommunication possible the services must be mapped to a real communication protocol. Themapping to a real communication protocol is specified by a Specific Communication ServiceMapping (SCSM). In this way the standardized functionality in IEC 61850-7-2 is not directlydependent on a specific communication

protocol and that makes IEC 61850 to a future-proof solution. The communication technology can be changed to a newer technology but thestandardized information models will always be the same. Today, the most of the ACSIservices are mapped to the Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS) as specified by61850-8-1. [Mac06] Table 2-3 shows an overview of some of the models and abstractservices provided by IEC 61850-7-2. Figure 2-5 Compatible logical node

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