Analyzing a communication performance of an IED
    1.
    发明授权
    Analyzing a communication performance of an IED 有权
    分析IED的通信性能

    公开(公告)号:US08392557B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-03-05

    申请号:US12857196

    申请日:2010-08-16

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    摘要: A communication stack performance of an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is analyzed in a communication network of a Substation Automation (SA) system. The IED processes network messages that are transferred with, or belonging to, a specific configurable SA communication service. A plurality of application level scenarios corresponding to a high communication load is executed. Among all network messages captured or intercepted during the scenario, the network messages destined to the IED and sent by the IED in response are identified. A number of the identified messages, a number of specific communication protocol elements or data items related to a service-specific property, and a number of changed protocol elements, which are indicative of an SA event, for which the value of the data item has changed compared to the value of the same data item in a previous message, are determined. An IED-intrinsic processing time of the identified messages is likewise determined, based on which parameter values of a service specific processing time model are calculated.

    摘要翻译: 在变电站自动化(SA)系统的通信网络中分析智能电子设备(IED)的通信堆栈性能。 IED处理与特定可配置的SA通信服务一起传送或属于特定可配置的SA通信服务的网络消息。 执行对应于高通信负载的多个应用级场景。 在场景中捕获或截获的所有网络消息中,标识发往IED并由IED发送的响应的网络消息。 多个所识别的消息,多个特定通信协议元素或与特定于服务的属性相关的数据项以及指示SA事件的变化的协议元素的数量,数据项的值具有 被确定为与先前消息中的相同数据项的值相比改变。 基于服务特定处理时间模型的哪些参数值被计算,同样地确定所识别的消息的IED固有处理时间。

    ANALYZING A COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE OF AN IED
    2.
    发明申请
    ANALYZING A COMMUNICATION PERFORMANCE OF AN IED 有权
    分析一个通信的通信性能

    公开(公告)号:US20110047264A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-24

    申请号:US12857196

    申请日:2010-08-16

    IPC分类号: G06F15/173

    摘要: A communication stack performance of an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is analyzed in a communication network of a Substation Automation (SA) system. The IED processes network messages that are transferred with, or belonging to, a specific configurable SA communication service. A plurality of application level scenarios corresponding to a high communication load is executed. Among all network messages captured or intercepted during the scenario, the network messages destined to the IED and sent by the IED in response are identified. A number of the identified messages, a number of specific communication protocol elements or data items related to a service-specific property, and a number of changed protocol elements, which are indicative of an SA event, for which the value of the data item has changed compared to the value of the same data item in a previous message, are determined. An IED-intrinsic processing time of the identified messages is likewise determined, based on which parameter values of a service specific processing time model are calculated.

    摘要翻译: 在变电站自动化(SA)系统的通信网络中分析智能电子设备(IED)的通信堆栈性能。 IED处理与特定可配置的SA通信服务一起传送或属于特定可配置的SA通信服务的网络消息。 执行对应于高通信负载的多个应用级场景。 在场景中捕获或截获的所有网络消息中,标识发往IED并由IED发送的响应的网络消息。 多个所识别的消息,多个特定通信协议元素或与特定于服务的属性相关的数据项,以及指示SA事件的变化的协议元素的数量,数据项的值具有 被确定为与先前消息中的相同数据项的值相比改变。 基于服务特定处理时间模型的哪些参数值被计算,同样地确定所识别的消息的IED固有处理时间。

    SYSTEM LEVEL TESTING FOR SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
    3.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM LEVEL TESTING FOR SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS 有权
    用于基站自动化系统的系统级测试

    公开(公告)号:US20100204948A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-08-12

    申请号:US12766278

    申请日:2010-04-23

    IPC分类号: G01R31/327 G06F19/00

    摘要: Protection, measurement and control IEDs in a substation compute if switches they control may be operated safely, according to interlocking rules or physical principles as well as the dynamic topology of the substation. The IEDs have access to the substation electrical topology, to real-time information generated by other IEDs, and to the rules for interlocking. A standardized Substation Configuration Description (SCD) of the substation for which a Substation Automation system is intended, and a standardized description of the implemented device functions or capabilities of an individual IED are utilized. The substation topology is available from SCD file, real time information about the position of switches and line voltage/current can be obtained via an appropriate protocol, and the interlocking rules are available in script form. These features apply both to simulated and real devices, and increase system testing possibilities by supporting an efficient configuration of a simulation.

    摘要翻译: 变电站中的保护,测量和控制IED可以根据互锁规则或物理原理以及变电站的动态拓扑结构来控制其控制的开关是否可以安全运行。 IED可以访问变电站电气拓扑,其他IED生成的实时信息以及互锁规则。 使用变电站自动化系统的变电站的标准化变电站​​配置说明(SCD),以及对已实现的单独IED的设备功能或能力的标准化描述。 变电站拓扑可从SCD文件获得,可以通过适当的协议获得关于开关位置和线路电压/电流的实时信息,并且联锁规则以脚本形式提供。 这些功能既适用于模拟和实际设备,也可以通过支持模拟的高效配置来增加系统测试的可能性。

    System level testing for substation automation systems
    4.
    发明授权
    System level testing for substation automation systems 有权
    变电站自动化系统的系统级测试

    公开(公告)号:US08265908B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-11

    申请号:US12766278

    申请日:2010-04-23

    IPC分类号: G06F11/30 G06F17/40 G06F19/00

    摘要: Protection, measurement and control IEDs in a substation compute if switches they control may be operated safely, according to interlocking rules or physical principles as well as the dynamic topology of the substation. The IEDs have access to the substation electrical topology, to real-time information generated by other IEDs, and to the rules for interlocking. A standardized Substation Configuration Description (SCD) of the substation for which a Substation Automation system is intended, and a standardized description of the implemented device functions or capabilities of an individual IED are utilized. The substation topology is available from SCD file, real time information about the position of switches and line voltage/current can be obtained via an appropriate protocol, and the interlocking rules are available in script form. These features apply both to simulated and real devices, and increase system testing possibilities by supporting an efficient configuration of a simulation.

    摘要翻译: 变电站中的保护,测量和控制IED可以根据互锁规则或物理原理以及变电站的动态拓扑结构来控制其控制的开关是否可以安全运行。 IED可以访问变电站电气拓扑,其他IED生成的实时信息以及互锁规则。 使用变电站自动化系统的变电站的标准化变电站​​配置说明(SCD),以及对已实现的单独IED的设备功能或能力的标准化描述。 变电站拓扑可从SCD文件获得,可以通过适当的协议获得关于开关位置和线路电压/电流的实时信息,并且联锁规则以脚本形式提供。 这些功能既适用于模拟和实际设备,也可以通过支持模拟的高效配置来增加系统测试的可能性。

    Operating a substation automation system
    5.
    发明授权
    Operating a substation automation system 有权
    操作变电站自动化系统

    公开(公告)号:US09484738B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-01

    申请号:US12767255

    申请日:2010-04-26

    IPC分类号: G06F1/28 H02H7/26

    摘要: A method and system are provided for operation of substations in which protection, control and measurement devices (e.g., Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs)) exchange operational data over a data network, for example, according to IEC standard 61850. During maintenance, commissioning and fault situations, when one or several IEDs are inoperable, the data that these IEDs would have produced is substituted to ensure availability of the substation. To this effect, a dedicated substitute device is permanently installed that can take the role of any IED, and that is automatically configured out of a standard configuration description (SCD) file that describes the SA system.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于操作变电站的方法和系统,其中保护,控制和测量设备(例如智能电子设备(IED))例如根据IEC标准61850在数据网络上交换操作数据。在维护,调试和 故障情况下,当一个或多个IED不可操作时,这些IED产生的数据将被替换,以确保变电站的可用性。 为此,永久性地安装了一个可以承担任何IED角色的专用替代设备,并从描述SA系统的标准配置描述(SCD)文件中自动配置。

    Intelligent electronic device configuration verification
    6.
    发明授权
    Intelligent electronic device configuration verification 有权
    智能电子设备配置验证

    公开(公告)号:US08532944B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-09-10

    申请号:US12256997

    申请日:2008-10-23

    IPC分类号: G01R15/00 G05D3/12

    摘要: An exemplary Substation Automation testing tool for IEC 61850 compliant substations is disclosed. The testing tool verifies the configuration of a first Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) that is part of a Substation Automation (SA) system and initially configured to perform measurement, protection and/or control functions in accordance with a substation configuration specification. Configuration information is first read from an internal server of the first IED and transformed according to a dedicated data model. Related information is then read from a second IED that has initially been configured to perform the same functions as the first IED, or from a Substation Configuration Description (SCD) file, and likewise transformed. The transformed data is then compared in order to identify discrepancies or inconsistencies and to resolve errors introduced by the IED configuration process.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于符合IEC 61850标准的变电站的示例性变电站自动化测试工具。 测试工具验证作为变电站自动化(SA)系统一部分的第一个智能电子设备(IED)的配置,并初始配置为根据变电站配置规范执行测量,保护和/或控制功能。 配置信息首先从第一个IED的内部服务器读取,并根据专用数据模型进行转换。 然后从最初被配置为执行与第一IED相同的功能的第二IED或者从变电站配置描述(SCD)文件中读取相关信息,并且同样进行变换。 然后比较变换的数据,以便识别差异或不一致,并解决由IED配置过程引入的错误。

    Validating a standardized configuration description
    7.
    发明授权
    Validating a standardized configuration description 有权
    验证标准化配置描述

    公开(公告)号:US08156061B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-04-10

    申请号:US12076861

    申请日:2008-03-24

    IPC分类号: G06F17/00 G06F17/27

    CPC分类号: G06F17/2247

    摘要: The present disclosure is concerned with a validation of a configuration description of automated devices in a power network such as a Substation Automation (SA) system, or of a part or component thereof such as an individual Intelligent Electronic Device (IED), that is extended beyond the mere XML schema validation as provided by the known SCL-validation tools. In particular, the disclosure introduces machine-based validation of notations, requirements and/or conventions to be respected by the configuration description and/or the SA system, but not incorporated in or represented by the standardized syntax of the XML schema as defined in part 6 of the IEC 61850 standard. To this end, notations, requirements and/or conventions are initially converted into, or defined as, extended or augmented rules encoded in computer readable format. The content or information of a file having an Substation Configuration description Language (SCL) compliant description of an SA system, or of a part or component there of, is then read by parsing the file and checked for conformance to the rules. Any inconsistency, error, wrong configuration or insufficient description found is displayed to a user, who may then correct the content or information in the file. The procedure according to the disclosure can contribute, in an automated manner, to the correctness of the description of a Substation Automation (SA) system beyond the pure syntactical adherence to the IEC 61850 standard.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及对诸如变电站自动化(SA)系统或诸如单个智能电子设备(IED)的部件或组件的自动化设备的配置描述的验证,其被扩展 超出了已知的SCL验证工具提供的纯XML模式验证。 特别地,本公开引入了由配置描述和/或SA系统遵守的符号,要求和/或约定的基于机器的验证,但不包括在部分定义的XML模式的标准化语法中或由其表示 6 IEC 61850标准。 为此,符号,要求和/或约定最初被转换成以或以计算机可读格式编码的扩展或扩充规则。 然后通过解析文件并检查其是否符合规则,读取具有变电站配置描述符合SA系统或其中的部件或组件的描述语言(SCL)的文件的内容或信息。 发现任何不一致,错误,错误配置或不足的描述被显示给用户,然后用户可以更正文件中的内容或信息。 根据本公开的过程可以以自动的方式对除了对IEC 61850标准的纯语法遵守之外的变电站自动化(SA)系统的描述的正确性作出贡献。

    OPERATING A SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM
    8.
    发明申请
    OPERATING A SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM 有权
    运行基站自动化系统

    公开(公告)号:US20100256832A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-10-07

    申请号:US12767255

    申请日:2010-04-26

    IPC分类号: G06F1/28

    摘要: The present disclosure provides a method and system for operation of substations in which protection, control and measurement devices (e.g., Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs)) exchange operational data over a data network, for example, according to IEC standard 61850. During maintenance, commissioning and fault situations, when one or several IEDs are inoperable, the data that these IEDs would have produced is substituted to ensure availability of the substation. To this effect, a dedicated substitute device is permanently installed that can take the role of any IED, and that is automatically configured out of a standard configuration description (SCD) file that describes the SA system.

    摘要翻译: 本公开提供了用于操作变电站的方法和系统,其中保护,控制和测量设备(例如,智能电子设备(IED))例如根据IEC标准61850在数据网络上交换操作数据。在维护期间, 调试和故障情况,当一个或多个IED不可操作时,这些IED产生的数据将被替代,以确保变电站的可用性。 为此,永久性地安装了一个可以承担任何IED角色的专用替代设备,并从描述SA系统的标准配置描述(SCD)文件中自动配置。

    SYSTEM LEVEL TESTING FOR SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
    9.
    发明申请
    SYSTEM LEVEL TESTING FOR SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEMS 审中-公开
    用于基站自动化系统的系统级测试

    公开(公告)号:US20090070062A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-12

    申请号:US12256952

    申请日:2008-10-23

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: The disclosure is concerned with the testing of system level functionality involving several Protection, Control and Measurement (PCM) Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) of a Substation Automation (SA) system for IEC 61850 compliant substations. An extensive testing of all conceivable control or protection functions/applications of an extended SA system comprising a large number of IEDs with a multitude of configurations is facilitated by simulating at least one of the IEDs in a testing device. Hence, only a limited number of IEDs are physically present as individual devices in a test environment, the behaviour of at least one further IED being simulated by a dedicated testing device with appropriate data processing means. The testing device sends network messages indicative of the behaviour of the simulated IED according to its communication and device configuration over a substation communication network to the physically present IED to be tested. The proper working of the configured IED functions, i.e. the expected correct action as triggered by the testing device, are then verified.

    摘要翻译: 本公开涉及对符合IEC 61850标准变电站的变电站自动化(SA)系统的几个保护,控制和测量(PCM)智能电子设备(IED)的系统级功能的测试。 通过模拟测试装置中的至少一个IED,便于对包含大量具有多种配置的IED的扩展SA系统的所有可想到的控制或保护功能/应用的广泛测试。 因此,只有有限数量的IED作为测试环境中的单独设备物理存在,由具有适当数据处理装置的专用测试设备模拟至少一个另外的IED的行为。 测试设备根据其通信和设备配置在变电站通信网络上发送指示仿真IED的行为的网络消息到要测试的物理存在的IED。 然后验证配置的IED功能的适当工作,即由测试设备触发的期望的正确动作。

    INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION VERIFICATION
    10.
    发明申请
    INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE CONFIGURATION VERIFICATION 有权
    智能电子设备配置验证

    公开(公告)号:US20090070051A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-03-12

    申请号:US12256997

    申请日:2008-10-23

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00

    摘要: A Substation Automation testing tool for IEC 61850 compliant substations is disclosed. It is concerned with the verification of the configuration of a first Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) that is part of a Substation Automation (SA) system and that has initially been configured to perform measurement, protection and/or control functions in accordance with a substation configuration specification. Configuration information is first read from an internal server of the first IED and transformed according to a dedicated data model. Related information is then read from e.g. a second IED that has initially been configured to perform the same functions as the first IED, or from a Substation Configuration Description (SCD) file, and likewise transformed. The transformed data is then compared in order to identify discrepancies or inconsistencies and to resolve errors introduced by the IED configuration process.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于符合IEC 61850标准的变电站的变电站自动化测试工具。 它涉及作为变电站自动化(SA)系统的一部分的第一智能电子设备(IED)的配置的验证,并且其最初被配置为根据变电站执行测量,保护和/或控制功能 配置规格。 配置信息首先从第一个IED的内部服务器读取,并根据专用数据模型进行转换。 然后从例如,读取相关信息。 最初被配置为执行与第一IED相同的功能的第二IED,或者从变电站配置描述(SCD)文件中进行转换。 然后比较变换的数据,以便识别差异或不一致,并解决由IED配置过程引入的错误。