IEC 60870-5-6:2006

Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for the IEC 60870-5 companion standards

IEC 60870-5-6:2006 Specifies methods for conformance testing of telecontrol equipment, amongst substation automation systems and telecontrol systems, including front-end functions of SCADA. Facilitates interoperability by providing a standard method of testing protocol implementations. Is expected to minimize the risk of non-interoperability.

Matériels et systèmes de téléconduite - Partie 5-6 : Lignes directrices pour les essais de conformité des normes d'accompagnement IEC 60870-5

IEC 60870-5-6:2006 spécifie des méthodes pour les essais de conformité des matériels de téléconduite, dont les systèmes d’automatisation de poste (SAS) et les systèmes de téléconduite, y compris les fonctions frontales de SCADA. L’utilisation de l'IEC 60870-5-6 facilite l’interopérabilité par l’apport d’une méthode d’essai normalisée des mises en œuvre de protocoles, est censée réduire le risque de non interopérabilité.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 07-Mar-2006
• ICS: 01 - GENERALITIES. TERMINOLOGY. STANDARDIZATION. DOCUMENTATION
• ICS: 33.200 - Telecontrol. Telemetering
• Technical Committee: TC 57 - Power systems management and associated information exchange
• Drafting Committee: WG 3 - TC 57/WG 3
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 15-May-2006
• Completion Date: 08-Mar-2006

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STANDARD 60870-5-6
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2006-03
Telecontrol equipment and systems –
Part 5-6:
Guidelines for conformance testing for
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.3
INTRODUCTION.5
1 Scope.6
2 Normative references .6
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Abbreviations .11
5 Conformance testing .12
5.1 General .12
5.2 Conformance test procedures.12
5.3 Quality assurance and testing .13
5.4 Quality plan.13
5.5 Testing .14
5.6 Testing process.18
5.7 Documentation .20
Bibliography.22
Figure 1 – Conceptual conformance assessment process .16
Figure 2 – Testing process.18
Figure 3 – Quality program .19

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TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS –
Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for
the IEC 60870-5 companion standards
FOREWORD
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all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
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International Standard IEC 60870-5-6 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 57:
Power systems management and associated information exchange.
The text of this part of IEC 60870-5 is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
57/792/FDIS 57/807/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this part of IEC 60870-5 can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.

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IEC 60870-5 consists of the following parts, under the general title Telecontrol equipment and
systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols:
Part 5-1: Transmission frame formats
Part 5-2: Link transmission procedures
Part 5-3: General structure of application data
Part 5-4: Definition and coding of application information elements
Part 5-5: Basic application functions
Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for the IEC 60870-5 companion standards
Part 5-101: Companion standard for basic telecontrol tasks
Part 5-102 Companion standard for the transmission of integrated totals in electric power
systems
Part 5-103: Companion standard for the informative interface of protection equipment
Part 5-104: Network access for IEC 60870-5-101 using standard transport profiles
Part 5-601: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-101 companion standard
The committee has decided that the contents of this publication will remain unchanged until
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• withdrawn;
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
A bilingual version of this publication may be issued at a later date.

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INTRODUCTION
This part of IEC 60870-5 specifies methods and procedures for conformance testing of
Telecontrol equipment or systems using IEC 60870-5 standard(s).
This part of IEC 60870-5 contains general subjects and guidelines for the test environment.
Detailed test cases, mandatory and optional mandatory test cases for the companion
standards will become available as technical specifications (IEC 60870-5-60x).
Tests according to EMC requirements or related to environmental and organisational
conditions are beyond the scope of this part of IEC 60870-5. This part of IEC 60870-5 only
focuses on the protocol implementation and the related system functionality necessary to
validate the protocol implementation.

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TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS –
Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for
the IEC 60870-5 companion standards
1 Scope
This part of the IEC 60870-5 series specifies methods for conformance testing of telecontrol
equipment, amongst Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and telecontrol systems, including
front-end functions of SCADA.
The use of this part of IEC 60870-5 facilitates interoperability by providing a standard method
of testing protocol implementations, but it does not guarantee interoperability of devices. It is
expected that using this part of IEC 60870-5 during testing will minimize the risk of non-
interoperability.
The goal of this part of IEC 60870-5 is to enable unambiguous and standardised evaluation of
IEC 60870-5 companion standard protocol implementations. The guidelines and conditions for
the testing environment are described in this part of IEC 60870-5. The detailed test cases per
companion standard, containing among others mandatory and optional mandatory test cases
per Basic Application Function, ASDU and transmission procedure, will become available as
technical specifications (IEC 60870-5-60x). Other functionalities may need test cases, but this
is beyond the scope of this part of IEC 60870-5.
This part of IEC 60870-5 deals mainly with communication conformance testing; therefore
other requirements, such as safety or EMC are not covered. These requirements are covered
by other standards (if applicable) and the proof of compliance for these topics should be done
according to those standards.
2 Normative references
The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition
of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
IEC 60870-5-1, Telecontrol equipment and systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols –
Section One: Transmission frame formats
IEC 60870-5-2, Telecontrol equipment and systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols –
Section 2: Link transmission procedures
IEC 60870-5-3, Telecontrol equipment and systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols –
Section 3: General structure of application data
IEC 60870-5-4, Telecontrol equipment and systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols –
Section 4: Definition and coding of application information elements
IEC 60870-5-5, Telecontrol equipment and systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols –
Section 5: Basic application functions
ISO/IEC 9646 (all parts), Information technology – Open Systems Interconnection –
Conformance testing methodology and framework

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3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this part of IEC 60870-5, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
configuration (of a system or device)
step in system design: selecting functional units, assigning their locations and defining their
interconnections
3.2
configuration list
supplies an overview of all compatible hardware and software versions of components of
controlled/controlling stations including the software versions of relevant supporting tools
3.3
address config
address config is the configuration file containing the ASDU-addressing including the
information object addresses necessary to test all the functionality defined as in the PID
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 3
INTRODUCTION . 5

1 Scope . 6
2 Normative references . 6
3 Terms and definitions . 7
4 Abbreviations . 11
5 Conformance testing . 12
5.1 General . 12
5.2 Conformance test procedures . 12
5.3 Quality assurance and testing . 13
5.4 Quality plan . 13
5.5 Testing . 14
5.6 Testing process . 18
5.7 Documentation . 20

Bibliography . 22

Figure 1 – Conceptual conformance assessment process . 16
Figure 2 – Testing process. 18
Figure 3 – Quality program . 19

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TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS –

Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for
the IEC 60870-5 companion standards

FOREWORD
1) The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) is a worldwide organization for standardization comprising
all national electrotechnical committees (IEC National Committees). The object of IEC is to promote
international co-operation on all questions concerning standardization in the electrical and electronic fields. To
this end and in addition to other activities, IEC publishes International Standards, Technical Specifications,
Technical Reports, Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) and Guides (hereafter referred to as “IEC
Publication(s)”). Their preparation is entrusted to technical committees; any IEC National Committee interested
in the subject dealt with may participate in this preparatory work. International, governmental and non-
governmental organizations liaising with the IEC also participate in this preparation. IEC collaborates closely
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9) Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this IEC Publication may be the subject of
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International Standard IEC 60870-5-6 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 57:
Power systems management and associated information exchange.
This bilingual version (2017-06) corresponds to the English version, published in 2006-03.
The text of this standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
57/792/FDIS 57/807/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this part of IEC 60870-5 can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
The French version of this standard has not been voted upon.

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This publication has been drafted in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2.
IEC 60870-5 consists of the following parts, under the general title Telecontrol equipment and
systems – Part 5: Transmission protocols:
Part 5-1: Transmission frame formats
Part 5-2: Link transmission procedures
Part 5-3: General structure of application data
Part 5-4: Definition and coding of application information elements
Part 5-5: Basic application functions
Part 5-6: Guidelines for conformance testing for the IEC 60870-5 companion standards
Part 5-101: Companion standard for basic telecontrol tasks
Part 5-102 Companion standard for the transmission of integrated totals in electric power
systems
Part 5-103: Companion standard for the informative interface of protection equipment
Part 5-104: Network access for IEC 60870-5-101 using standard transport profiles
Part 5-601: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-101 companion standard
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