Category: IEC 61850

Question: With IEC61850 driver, can I enable only the Reports chosen by the user? Solution: Yes, you can. The most common usage for this option is when there are two…

REPORTS To read values via IEC 61850 driver, data polling is not indicated. Instead, you should preferably use reports to increase efficiency and be able to handle Sequence of Events…

Question: When IEC 61850 driver’s Prefer Buffered Report Control Blocks (Uses Unbuffered if not available) option is enabled, I can’t establish communication with the relay. Why is communication established only…

Question: What are IEC61850 driver’s ICD, SCD, LD, RPT, and CDS files, and what are they for? Solution: IED Capability Description (ICD) file: Contains the IED’s settings, with the definitions…

This article illustrates the differences between online and offline data import in Elipse Software’s IEC6185 driver. The relays’ tags can be created either online (that is, when it’s possible to…

Question: Why do the read tags’ timestamps present an offset in the hour field, while minutes and seconds are correct? Solution: This happens because the timestamps adopted by IEC 61850…

Q. How many devices each IEC 61850 driver can have? Is there a limit? A. We recommend that no more than 25 devices be used per driver. Q. How can…

Question: Some of the driver’s tags have not had their values updated. How can I fix it? Solution: To fix this, you must check whether: the device’s model is SEL’s…

Question: How can I create a list of devices based on the ICD file? Solution: To do so, create a Driver object and point it to the .DLL file corresponding…