IEC TS 60870-5-604:2007

Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard

Describes test cases for conformance testing of telecontrol equipment, substation automation systems and telecontrol systems, including front-end functions of SCADA. Will facilitate interoperability by providing a standard method of testing protocol implementations. Using this specification during testing is expected to minimize the risk of non-interoperability.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 09-Oct-2007
• 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: DELPUB - Deleted Publication
• Completion Date: 09-Jun-2016

Relations

• Revised: IEC TS 60870-5-604:2016 - Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard
• Effective Date: 05-Sep-2023

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IEC/TS 60870-5-604
Edition 1.0 2007-10
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATION
Telecontrol equipment and systems –
Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard

IEC/TS 60870-5-604:2007(E)
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IEC/TS 60870-5-604
Edition 1.0 2007-10
TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATION
Telecontrol equipment and systems –
Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
PRICE CODE
XD
ICS 33.200 ISBN 2-8318-9319-4
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD.4
INTRODUCTION.6

1 Scope.7
2 Normative references .7
3 Terms and definitions .7
4 Abbreviated terms .7
5 Conformance testing for IEC 60870-5-104 .8
5.1 Overview and legend.8
5.2 Configuration parameters IEC 60870-5-104.10
5.3 Verification IEC 60870-5-104 communication .11
5.4 Conformance test procedures.52
5.5 Test results chart .84
5.6 Test results of command transmission.91
5.6.1 Test results of single command transmission.91
5.6.2 Test results of double command transmission.94
5.6.3 Test results of regulating step command transmission .97
5.6.4 Test results of setpoint command transmission. 100

Figure 1 – Test procedure.9

Table 1 – Tests on transport provider level .11
Table 2 – Tests on data unit identifier .16
Table 3 – Verification of ASDUs for process information in monitor (normal) direction.17
Table 4 – Verification of ASDUs for process information in control (normal) direction.35
Table 5 – Verification of ASDUs for system information in monitor (normal) direction.43
Table 6 – Verification of ASDUs for system information in control (normal) direction.43
Table 7 – Verification of ASDUs for parameters in control (normal) direction.46
Table 8 – Verification of ASDUs for file transfer (in monitor (normal) and control
direction) .48
Table 9 – Data unit identifier conformance test procedures .52
Table 10 – Information object address conformance test procedures .53
Table 11 – Station initialisation function (unbalanced systems) conformance test
procedures .54
Table 12 – Redundant link conformance test procedures .57
Table 13 – Cyclic data transmission function conformance test procedures .60
Table 14 – Data acquisition through read function conformance test procedures .61
Table 15 – Acquisition of events function conformance test procedures .62
Table 16 – General interrogation function conformance test procedures .63
Table 17 – Clock synchronisation function conformance test procedures .67
Table 18 – Command transmission function conformance test procedures.68
Table 19 – Transmission of integrated totals (telecounting) function conformance test
procedures .74
Table 20 – Parameter loading function conformance test procedures.77

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Table 21 – Test procedure function conformance test procedures.78
Table 22 – File transfer procedure function conformance test procedures .79
Table 23 – Additional conformance test procedures .81
Table 24 – Negative conformance test procedures.82
Table 25 – PIXIT related conformance test procedures .83
Table 26 – Test results chart .84
Table 27 – Test results of single command transmission.91
Table 28 – Test results of double command transmission .94
Table 29 – Test results of regulating step command transmission.97
Table 30 – Test results of setpoint command transmission . 100

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TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS –

Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for
the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard

FOREWORD
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whether they can be transformed into International Standards.
IEC 60870-5-604, which is a technical specification, has been prepared by IEC technical
committee 57: Power systems management and associated information exchange.

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The text of this technical specification is based on the following documents:
Enquiry draft Report on voting
57/856/DTS 57/898/RVC
Full information on the voting for the approval of this technical specification 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.
A list of all parts of IEC 60870 series, published under the general title Telecontrol equipment
and systems, can be found on the IEC website.
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the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the publication will be
• transformed into an International standard,
• reconfirmed,
• 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 technical specification (TS) describes test cases for conformance testing of telecontrol
equipment or systems using the IEC 60870-5 companion standard 104 based on the
IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard and IEC 60870-5-6, Guidelines for conformance testing
for the IEC 60870-5 companion standards.

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TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS –

Part 5-604: Conformance test cases for
the IEC 60870-5-104 companion standard

1 Scope
This technical specification which is part of the IEC 60870-5 series describes test cases for
conformance testing of telecontrol equipment, Substation Automation Systems [SAS] and
telecontrol systems, including front-end functions of SCADA.
The use of this part of IEC 60870 facilitates interoperability by providing a standard method of
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