IEC 61850-7-2:2010

Communication networks and systems for power utility automation - Part 7-2: Basic information and communication structure - Abstract communication service interface (ACSI)

IEC 61850-7-2:2010 applies to the ACSI communication for utility automation. The ACSI provides the following abstract communication service interfaces:
- abstract interface describing communications between a client and a remote server;
- and abstract interface for fast and reliable system-wide event distribution between an application in one device and many remote applications in different devices (publisher/sub-scriber) and for transmission of sampled measured values (publisher/subscriber).
Major technical changes with regard to the previous edition are as follows:
- data types not required have been removed,
- service tracking for control blocks have been added,
- security issues are solved by the IEC 62351 series,
- service tracking for control blocks have been added,
- the view concept will be according to the new work on role bases access (RBA),
- security issues are solved by the IEC 62351 series.
This publication is of core relevance for Smart Grid.

Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour l’automatisation des systèmes électriques - Partie 7-2: Informations de base et structure de communication - Interface abstraite pour les services de communication (ACSI) (ACSI)

IEC 61850-7-2:2010 s’applique aux communications ACSI pour l’automatisation des systèmes. L’ACSI fournit les interfaces abstraites pour les services de communication suivants.
a) Interface abstraite décrivant les communications entre un client et un serveur éloigné pour
– l’accès et l’extraction des données en temps réel,
– la commande de dispositif,
– la consignation et la journalisation des événements,
– le contrôle de groupes de réglages,
– l'autodescription des dispositifs (dictionnaire de données de dispositif),
– typage de données et reconnaissance des types de données, et
– transfert de fichier.
b) Interface abstraite pour la distribution rapide et fiable des événements au niveau du système entre une application d’un dispositif et plusieurs applications éloignées dans des dispositifs différents (d'éditeur/abonné) et la transmission de valeurs mesurées échantillonnées

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 09-Feb-2020
• 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 10 - TC 57/WG 10
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Start Date: 15-Aug-2010
• Completion Date: 24-Aug-2010

Relations

• Revises: IEC 61850-7-2:2003 - Communication networks and systems in substations - Part 7-2: Basic communication structure for substation and feeder equipment - Abstract communication service interface (ACSI)
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.9
INTRODUCTION.11
1 Scope.12
2 Normative references.12
3 Terms and definitions .13
4 Abbreviated terms.14
5 ACSI overview and basic concepts.15
5.1 Conceptual model of IEC 61850.15
5.2 The meta-meta model.16
5.3 The meta model.16
5.3.1 General .16
5.3.2 Information modelling classes .17
5.3.3 Information exchange modelling classes .18
5.3.4 Relations between classes .20
5.4 The domain type model.21
5.5 The data instance model.21
6 TypeDefinitions.22
6.1 General .22
6.1.1 BasicTypes .22
6.1.2 CommonACSITypes.23
7 GenServerClass model .29
7.1 GenServerClass definition .29
7.1.1 GenServerClass syntax.29
7.1.2 GenServerClass attributes .30
7.2 Server class services.30
7.2.1 Overview of directory and GetDefinition services .30
7.2.2 GetServerDirectory .31
8 Application association model .32
8.1 Introduction .32
8.2 Concept of application associations .32
8.3 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class model.32
8.3.1 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class definition .32
8.3.2 Two-party application association services .34
8.4 MULTICAST-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (MCAA) class .37
8.4.1 MULTICAST-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (MCAA) class definition.37
8.4.2 MULTICAST-Application-association (MCAA) class attributes.37
9 GenLogicalDeviceClass model.38
9.1 GenLogicalDeviceClass definition .38
9.1.1 GenLogicalDeviceClass syntax .38
9.1.2 GenLogicalDeviceClass attributes .38
9.2 GenLogicalDeviceClass services.38
9.2.1 GetLogicalDeviceDirectory.38
10 GenLogicalNodeClass model .39
10.1 GenLogicalNodeClass definition.39
10.1.1 GenLogicalNodeClass diagram .39
10.1.2 GenLogicalNodeClass syntax.40

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10.1.3 GenLogicalNodeClass attributes .41
10.2 GenLogicalNodeClass services.42
10.2.1 Overview .42
10.2.2 GetLogicalNodeDirectory .42
10.2.3 GetAllDataValues.43
11 Generic data object class model .45
11.1 GenDataObjectClass diagram.45
11.2 GenDataObjectClass syntax .45
11.3 GenDataObjectClass attributes .46
11.3.1 DataObjectName .46
11.3.2 DataObjectRef – data object reference.46
11.3.3 m/o/c .46
11.3.4 DataObjectType.46
11.4 GenDataObjectClass services.46
11.4.1 General definitions and overview.46
11.4.2 GetDataValues .47
11.4.3 SetDataValues.48
11.4.4 GetDataDirectory .49
11.4.5 GetDataDefinition .50
12 Generic common data class model.50
12.1 General .50
12.2 GenCommonDataClass .51
12.2.1 GenCommonDataClass diagram .51
12.2.2 GenCommonDataClass syntax.51
12.2.3 GenCommonDataClass attributes .52
12.3 GenDataAttributeClass .52
12.3.1 GenDataAttributeClass diagram .52
12.3.2 GenDataAttributeClass syntax.53
12.3.3 GenDataAttributeClass attributes .53
12.4 GenConstructedAttributeClass .57
12.4.1 GenConstructedAttributeClass diagram.57
12.4.2 GenConstructedAttributeClass syntax .57
12.4.3 GenConstructedAttributeClass attributes .57
12.5 GenSubDataAttributeClass .57
12.5.1 SubDataAttributeClass diagram .57
12.5.2 SubDataAttributeClass syntax .58
12.5.3 GenSubDataAttributeClass attributes .58
12.6 Referencing data objects and their components .58
12.6.1 General .58
12.6.2 Reference syntax.59
12.6.3 Base types and their relation.59
12.6.4 Example of using references.60
13 DATA-SET class model .61
13.1 General .61
13.2 DATA-SET class definition.62
13.2.1 DATA-SET class syntax .62
13.2.2 DATA-SET class attributes.63
13.3 DATA-SET class services .63
13.3.1 Overview .63

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13.3.2 GetDataSetValues .64
13.3.3 SetDataSetValues.65
13.3.4 CreateDataSet .66
13.3.5 DeleteDataSet .66
13.3.6 GetDataSetDirectory.67
14 Service tracking.68
14.1 General .68
14.2 Common service tracking (CST) .
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 12
INTRODUCTION . 15
1 Scope . 16
1.1 General . 16
1.2 Namespace name and version . 16
1.3 Code Component distribution . 17
2 Normative references . 17
3 Terms and definitions . 18
4 Abbreviated terms . 19
5 ACSI overview and basic concepts . 20
5.1 Conceptual model of IEC 61850 . 20
5.2 The meta-meta model . 21
5.3 The meta model . 21
5.3.1 General . 21
5.3.2 Information modelling classes . 21
5.3.3 Information exchange modelling classes . 22
5.3.4 Relations between classes . 25
5.4 The domain type model . 26
5.5 The data instance model . 26
5.6 Conditions for element presence . 27
5.7 Functional constraints (FcKind) . 29
5.8 Trigger options . 32
6 Type definition . 32
6.1 General . 32
6.2 Data model types . 35
6.2.1 General . 35
6.2.2 Basic types . 35
6.2.3 Domain types (general) . 36
6.2.4 Domain types (enumerated) . 47
6.2.5 Domain types (coded enumerated) . 51
6.3 ACSI – service parameter types . 53
6.3.1 General . 53
6.3.2 Basic types . 53
6.3.3 Domain types . 53
6.3.4 ACSI enumerated types . 54
7 GenServerClass model . 55
7.1 GenServerClass definition . 55
7.2 Server class services . 56
7.2.1 Overview of directory and GetDefinition services . 56
7.2.2 GetServerDirectory . 56
8 Application association model . 57
8.1 Introduction . 57
8.2 Concept of application associations . 57
8.3 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class model. 58
8.3.1 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class definition. 58

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8.3.2 Two-party application association services . 59
8.4 MULTICAST-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (MCAA) class . 62
9 GenLogicalDeviceClass model . 62
9.1 GenLogicalDeviceClass definition . 62
9.2 GenLogicalDeviceClass services . 63
10 GenLogicalNodeClass model . 63
10.1 GenLogicalNodeClass definition . 63
10.1.1 GenLogicalNodeClass diagram . 63
10.1.2 GenLogicalNodeClass attributes . 64
10.2 GenLogicalNodeClass services . 65
10.2.1 Overview . 65
10.2.2 GetLogicalNodeDirectory . 66
10.2.3 GetAllDataValues . 66
11 Generic data object class model . 67
11.1 GenDataObjectClass diagram . 67
11.2 GenDataObjectClass syntax . 68
11.3 GenDataObjectClass services . 69
11.3.1 General definitions and overview . 69
11.3.2 GetDataValues . 70
11.3.3 SetDataValues . 71
11.3.4 GetDataDirectory . 71
11.3.5 GetDataDefinition . 72
12 Generic common data class model . 73
12.1 General . 73
12.2 GenCommonDataClass . 73
12.2.1 GenCommonDataClass diagram . 73
12.2.2 GenCommonDataClass syntax . 73
12.3 GenDataAttributeClass . 74
12.3.1 GenDataAttributeClass diagram . 74
12.3.2 GenDataAttributeClass syntax . 75
12.3.3 Details of some GenDataAttributeClass attributes . 76
12.4 GenConstructedAttributeClass . 77
12.4.1 GenConstructedAttributeClass diagram . 77
12.4.2 GenConstructedAttributeClass syntax . 78
12.5 GenSubDataAttributeClass . 78
12.5.1 SubDataAttributeClass diagram . 78
12.5.2 SubDataAttributeClass syntax . 78
12.6 Referencing data objects and their components . 78
12.6.1 General . 78
12.6.2 Reference syntax . 79
12.6.3 Base types and their relation . 79
12.6.4 Example of using references. 80
13 DATA-SET class model . 81
13.1 General . 81
13.2 DATA-SET class definition . 82
13.2.1 DATA-SET class syntax . 82
13.2.2 DATA-SET class attributes . 83
13.3 DATA-SET class services . 84

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 9
INTRODUCTION . 11
1 Scope . 12
2 Normative references. 12
3 Terms and definitions . 13
4 Abbreviated terms . 14
5 ACSI overview and basic concepts . 15
5.1 Conceptual model of IEC 61850 . 15
5.2 The meta-meta model . 16
5.3 The meta model. 16
5.3.1 General . 16
5.3.2 Information modelling classes . 17
5.3.3 Information exchange modelling classes . 18
5.3.4 Relations between classes . 20
5.4 The domain type model . 21
5.5 The data instance model . 21
6 TypeDefinitions . 22
6.1 General . 22
6.1.1 BasicTypes . 22
6.1.2 CommonACSITypes . 23
7 GenServerClass model . 29
7.1 GenServerClass definition . 29
7.1.1 GenServerClass syntax . 29
7.1.2 GenServerClass attributes . 30
7.2 Server class services . 30
7.2.1 Overview of directory and GetDefinition services . 30
7.2.2 GetServerDirectory . 31
8 Application association model . 32
8.1 Introduction . 32
8.2 Concept of application associations . 32
8.3 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class model . 32
8.3.1 TWO-PARTY-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (TPAA) class definition . 32
8.3.2 Two-party application association services . 34
8.4 MULTICAST-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (MCAA) class . 37
8.4.1 MULTICAST-APPLICATION-ASSOCIATION (MCAA) class definition . 37
8.4.2 MULTICAST-Application-association (MCAA) class attributes . 37
9 GenLogicalDeviceClass model . 38
9.1 GenLogicalDeviceClass definition . 38
9.1.1 GenLogicalDeviceClass syntax . 38
9.1.2 GenLogicalDeviceClass attributes . 38
9.2 GenLogicalDeviceClass services . 38
9.2.1 GetLogicalDeviceDirectory . 38
10 GenLogicalNodeClass model . 39
10.1 GenLogicalNodeClass definition. 39
10.1.1 GenLogicalNodeClass diagram . 39
10.1.2 GenLogicalNodeClass syntax . 40

10.1.3 GenLogicalNodeClass attributes . 41
10.2 GenLogicalNodeClass services . 42
10.2.1 Overview . 42
10.2.2 GetLogicalNodeDirectory . 42
10.2.3 GetAllDataValues . 43
11 Generic data object class model . 45
11.1 GenDataObjectClass diagram . 45
11.2 GenDataObjectClass syntax . 45
11.3 GenDataObjectClass attributes . 46
11.3.1 DataObjectName . 46
11.3.2 DataObjectRef – data object reference . 46
11.3.3 m/o/c . 46
11.3.4 DataObjectType . 46
11.4 GenDataObjectClass services . 46
11.4.1 General definitions and overview . 46
11.4.2 GetDataValues . 47
11.4.3 SetDataValues . 48
11.4.4 GetDataDirectory . 49
11.4.5 GetDataDefinition . 50
12 Generic common data class model. 50
12.1 General . 50
12.2 GenCommonDataClass . 51
12.2.1 GenCommonDataClass diagram . 51
12.2.2 GenCommonDataClass syntax . 51
12.2.3 GenCommonDataClass attributes . 52
12.3 GenDataAttributeClass .
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