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1MRS755385

Communication Gateway

 

User’s Guide

COM 610 *2.1

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Abbreviations

The following is a list of abbreviations associated with the Communication Gateway 
COM 610 that you should be familiar with. See also the terminology table above. 

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Related documents

The following is a listing of documentation related to the COM 610 Gateway.

Abbreviation

Description

AE

Alarms and Events

CET

Communication Engineering Tool

DA

Data Access 

DO

Data Object 

IEC

International Electrotechnical Commission

IED

Intelligent Electronic Device

LD

Logical Device

LN

Logical Node 

NCC

Network Control Center

OPC

Series of standards specifications aiming at open connectivity 
in industrial automation and the enterprise systems that 
support industry.

SCL

Substation Configuration Language 

Title

MRS number

LON-LAG Master Protocol (OPC) *1.1

1MRS755284

SPA Master Protocol (OPC) *1.0

1MRS752275

IEC 60870-5-103 Master Protocol (OPC) *1.0

1MRS752278

IEC 61850 Master Protocol (OPC) *1.0

1MRS755321

IEC 60870-5-101 Slave Protocol (OPC) *1.1

1MRS755382

IEC 60870-5-104 Slave Protocol (OPC) *1.1

1MRS755384

DNP 3.0 Slave LAN/WAN (OPC) *1.0 User’s Guide

1MRS755496

DNP 3.0 Slave Serial (OPC) *1.0 User’s Guide

1MRS755495

SPA Router (OPC) *1.0 User’s Guide

1MRS755497

External OPC Client Access *1.0 User’s Guide

1MRS755564

Summary of Contents for COM 610 *2.1

Page 1: ... Picture Communication Gateway COM 610 2 1 User s Guide ...

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Page 3: ... 3 IEC 61850 data modelling 15 2 6 Station Remote switch function 17 2 7 Queuing of Process Data Updates 18 3 Installation 21 3 1 About this section 21 3 2 Technical data on COM 610 Gateway computer 21 3 2 1 Mounting of Gateway computer 21 3 2 2 Connections 23 3 2 3 Interface assignment 24 3 2 4 Environmental Conditions 26 3 3 Setting up the Gateway computer 27 3 3 1 DCOM settings 28 3 3 2 Setting...

Page 4: ...2 2 Cross References function 42 4 3 3 Configuration of Station Remote switch 44 5 Operation 45 5 1 About this section 45 5 2 Gateway Management 45 5 3 License handling 45 5 4 Diagnostics 46 5 4 1 Data object diagnostics 47 5 4 2 Diagnostic services of OPC servers and clients 48 5 4 3 Signal diagnostics 49 5 4 4 Diagnostic Web Server 50 6 Index 53 ...

Page 5: ...with the terms of such license Copyright 2005 ABB Oy All rights reserved 1 2 Trademarks ABB is a registered trademark of ABB Group All other brand or product names mentioned in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders 1 3 General This manual provides thorough information on the Communication Gateway COM 610 later on COM 610 Gateway and the central concep...

Page 6: ... The following conventions are used for the presentation of material The words in names of screen elements for example the title in the title bar of a window the label for a field of a dialog box are initially capitalized Capital letters are used for the name of a keyboard key if it is labeled on the keyboard For example press the CTRL key Lowercase letters are used for the name of a keyboard key ...

Page 7: ...ect DO Part of a logical node object representing specific information e g status or measurement From an object oriented point of view a data object is an instance of a class data object DOs are normally used as transaction objects i e they are data structures Device A physical device that behaves as its own communication node in the network e g protection relay Event Change of process data or an ...

Page 8: ...gical Device LN Logical Node NCC Network Control Center OPC Series of standards specifications aiming at open connectivity in industrial automation and the enterprise systems that support industry SCL Substation Configuration Language Title MRS number LON LAG Master Protocol OPC 1 1 1MRS755284 SPA Master Protocol OPC 1 0 1MRS752275 IEC 60870 5 103 Master Protocol OPC 1 0 1MRS752278 IEC 61850 Maste...

Page 9: ...1MRS755385 COM 610 2 1 9 Communication Gateway User s Guide 1 9 Document revisions Version Revision number Date History A 2 30 06 2004 Document created B 2 1 10 03 2005 Document revised ...

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Page 11: ...typical system with the COM 610 Gateway is shown in Fig 2 2 1 The COM 610 Gateway provides a framework that enables the use of OPC server and client components such as OPC Client for IEC 60870 5 101 and OPC Server for LON LAG 1 4 This manual presents the principles that are common to the protocols available at the moment as well as to those that will be applicable in the future For protocol specif...

Page 12: ... up 3 Right click on the project and select export from the shortcut menu 4 The File dialog appears select the location where to export the data base To restore your backup 1 Select File Open Project 2 Select the Projects on my computer 3 Right click on the project and select import from the shortcut menu 4 The File dialog appears choose the exported data base you want to import IEC 870 5 104 Slav...

Page 13: ...nts are used for slave server protocol stacks to enable external systems to access data available in the OPC Servers GWComponents Fig 2 5 1 Example of COM 610 Gateway components Available protocols Protocols that are supported for the time being in COM 610 Gateway are shown in a table below The number of supported protocols will increase as the new protocols come to the market The master protocols...

Page 14: ...C server is started the configuration information is read from the file ServerConcept_a Fig 2 5 1 1 Conceptual view of OPC server 2 5 2 OPC client This chapter describes a structure of a typical OPC client component developed for the OPC Gateway OPC client software consists of Slave Server Protocol Stack OPC DA Client Configuration SCL OPC Data Access Server and Alarm Event server components for d...

Page 15: ...common data model The data model is based on common data classes and services specified in the IEC 61850 standard Each client and server component is a separate program The components interact with each other only via OPC interfaces This means that they can be developed and used independently as a part of the gateway as long as they conform with the OPC DA and common data model specifications Conf...

Page 16: ...his provides a protocol and device independent interface between the applications and the process Fig 2 5 2 presents an overview of the IEC 61850 model usage The smallest unit in the IEC 61850 modelling is a data attribute which is linked to an OPC item in the OPC server A data attribute can be for instance the state value of a double point object stVal quality information q or timestamp t In the ...

Page 17: ...s a common Station Remote S R switch functionality for OPC servers and clients The S R switch is used to determine whether the objects in a logical device of an IED can be controlled within the station or remotely via a gateway A station can have one or more S R switches The switches are either physical switches or software switches in a simulated IED of an OPC server The S R switches are modeled ...

Page 18: ...k database initialization commands State Indications binary data and other state indications Measurements analog data Interrogated interrogation related data and commands Queue logic For high priority and interrogated queues the oldest message is skipped when the queues fill up Generally these queues should never fill up since they contain a limited number of updates proportional to the number of ...

Page 19: ...OM 610 2 1 19 Communication Gateway User s Guide Queue capacities The capacity maximum size of each queue is independently configured If one queue fills up capacity from another possibly non full queue is not used ...

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Page 21: ...ated documents 3 2 Technical data on COM 610 Gateway computer The following sections describe how to mount the Gateway computer and they also give technical information 3 2 1 Mounting of Gateway computer The COM 610 Gateway computer is designed for mounting at a control panel To mount the Gateway computer 1 See Fig 3 2 1 1 for mounting instructions 2 Install the device with four screws at the cont...

Page 22: ...ateway User s Guide COM 610 2 1 Mounting Fig 3 2 1 1 Mounting diagram of COM 610 Gateway computer Mechanics Mounting system in control cabinets mounting plate and consoles Dimensions 414 x 290 x 90 mm W x H x D Weight approx 7 6 kg ...

Page 23: ...ction ports of the COM 610 Gateway computer 2 PCI slots 2 Ethernet 3 Serial interfaces 2 USB interfaces 1 Parallel interface VGA interface Supply connections 24 V DC DC DC converter 19 30 V DC 60 W Power consumption 28 W typ 35 W max Max inrush current 3 8 A rms Max switch on current 10 A FDD Keyboard Mouse LAN CRT COM2 LPT1 COM1 COM3 USB ...

Page 24: ...ser s Guide COM 610 2 1 3 2 3 Interface assignment Tables below descibes the assignment of the interfaces in the COM 610 Gateway computer Table 3 2 3 1 Interface settings Interface IRQ Address COM1 4 3F8h COM2 3 2F8h COM3 5 3E8h LPT 7 378h ...

Page 25: ...N Signal 1 24 V DC 2 PE 3 0 V DC Table 3 2 3 4 Keyboard Mouse PIN number Signal Name 1 Data 2 NC 3 GND 4 5V 5 Clock 6 NC Table 3 2 3 5 COM 1 2 3 serial interface PIN number Signal name 1 DCD 2 RxD 3 TxD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI Table 3 2 3 6 LPT1 parallel interface PIN number Signal name 1 STROBE 2 Data 0 3 Data 1 4 Data 2 5 Data 3 6 Data 4 7 Data 5 8 Data 6 ...

Page 26: ...ring operation 1 G 10 500 Hz DIN EN 60068 2 6 Shock during operation 5 G half wave of 30 ms DIN EN 60068 2 29 9 Data 7 10 ACK 11 Busy 12 Paper Empty 13 Print Select 14 Auto Form Feed 15 ERROR 16 Initialise 17 Printer Select In 18 GND 19 GND 20 GND 21 GND 22 GND 23 GND 24 GND 25 GND Table 3 2 3 7 CRT analogue monitor connection PIN number Signal name 1 Rot 2 Green 3 Blue 4 NC 5 Sync GND 6 AGND 7 AG...

Page 27: ... locally or using the remote desktop There are two ways to connect to the Gateway computer Locally by connecting a keyboard a mouse and a display to the Gateway computer With the Remote Desktop program via LAN It is possible to access to the Gateway computer locally by connecting a keyboard a mouse and a display to the Gateway computer All the common drivers for accessories are installed already T...

Page 28: ... passwords to the Communication Engineering Tool to access the Gateway computer for example to make changes to the configurations It is also possible to create a new user account to the Gateway computer for certain engineering computer user The User Accounts can be created in the Windows Control Panel If you add a new user you must also define the DCOM settings of the Gateway computer before you c...

Page 29: ...he IP addresses for the network Regional settings The default regional setting is English United States 3 4 System requirements for Communication Engineering Tool The Communication Engineering Tool CET runs on the Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems A PC capable of running one of these operating systems and applications is usually sufficient also for the CET Detailed ...

Page 30: ... to the CD drive and starting COM610 exe 3 First the Wise Installation Wizard extracts the installation files to your local computer Fig 3 5 1 InstExtract tif Fig 3 5 1 Extracting installation files 4 The COM 610 Gateway Installation program opens Click Next Fig 3 5 2 With the Back button you can return to the previous window and with the Cancel button exit the Installation Wizard This applies to ...

Page 31: ...nt then check the option I accept the license agreement and click Next to continue the installation Fig 3 5 3 If you check the option I do not accept the license agreement the Next but ton is not available and you cannot continue the installation InstLicens tif Fig 3 5 3 License Agreement ...

Page 32: ... the folder where the application is to be installed Fig 3 5 4 To select the default folder shown at the bottom of the window click Next To select another folder click Browse choose the folder you want and click Next InstFolder tif Fig 3 5 4 Selecting installation folder ...

Page 33: ...OM 610 2 1 33 Communication Gateway User s Guide 7 Select the desired installation type InstSelect Fig 3 5 5 Selecting Installation type The Typical installation type is recommended for most installations Fig 3 5 5 ...

Page 34: ...egin Fig 3 5 6 Click Next to begin the installation InstReady Fig 3 5 6 Ready to install You can follow the progress of the installation in a window that also shows the directory path where the files are copied At this point you can still can cel the installation by clicking Cancel ...

Page 35: ...nstallation complete 10 When clicking Finish the wizard also installs automatically the Microsoft SQL Server if it is not already installed on the hardware Fig 3 5 8 InstSQLServ Fig 3 5 8 Installing the MS SQL Server 11 Before you can start the Communication Engineerin Tool you must restart the computer 12 You can now start the CET by selecting Start Programs COM 610 2 1 Communication Engineering ...

Page 36: ...munication Gateway COM 610 and click Remove see Fig 3 6 1 UnInst Fig 3 6 1 Add or Remove Programs dialog Note that this uninstallation only removes the COM 610 Gateway so that you can install a new version and update the software It does not remove the Microsoft SQL Server and Net Framework Removing these programs may infect the functionality of the other ABB applications Detailed instructions for...

Page 37: ...cation Engineering Tool CET CETNewProj Fig 4 1 2 Naming a new project Basically a project can have several Gateway configurations but it is recommend that one project consists of one Gateway configuration The performance of the Communication Engineering Tool can decreace if a project maintain many large Gateway configurations Note that all the possible engineering scenarios are not included in thi...

Page 38: ...ring efficiency The device configuration can also be imported from the IED SCL description Data objects have the configuration properties which contains the cross referencing information between protocol and the OPC IEC 61850 Process data is connected to a Gateway client by using a Cross Reference function available on client IED object Data objects that are to be transferred to the client are dra...

Page 39: ...refer to the respective user s guide listed on Section 1 8 Related documents Connectivity packages for certain protection and control products usually contain preconfigurations and tools to facilitate the building of the object tree 4 3 1 Building communication structure Start the engineering from the server objects Before an OPC client can be taken into use an OPC server has to be configured for ...

Page 40: ...erver object 2 Channel Subnetwork object depending on protocol 3 Device object 4 Logical device object s 5 Logical node object s 6 Data objects 4 3 1 2 OPC clients The object tree is built in the Communication structure Note that before an OPC client can be taken into use an OPC server has to be configured for the process communication If you want to connect events or scales to data objects or dev...

Page 41: ...ent object 2 Channel Subnetwork object depending on protocol 3 Device object 4 3 2 Configuring objects Each configurable object such as server and channel subnetwork object can be configurated with object properties The source data is configured with a data object OPC server configuration This defines the addresses and type of data in the device providing the data Process data is connected to a CO...

Page 42: ...om the shortcut menu see Fig 4 3 2 1 1 To import a new configuration file 1 Click Choose File 2 Browse a new configuration file from the appearing dialog 3 Select the file and click Open 4 Select the device to import from the drop down menu You can preview the configuration on the right 5 Click Import The new preconfigurated objects will appear in the object tree If the configuration file is very ...

Page 43: ...ere are no filter files listed in the drop down menu you can create your own filter file by clicking Modify Filter File You can also modify an existing filter file to meet your needs The Cross References table allows you to view the data objects by type Use the tabs in the upper part of the table to do this Under the General tab you can see all the data objects and their property values Here you c...

Page 44: ... time the S R path of a logical device can be read from the OPC Server the LD S R switch path is located in the LD node The OPC server that has the S R switch position information must have at least one signal mapped to the OPC client using this information The S R switch OPC path shall point to an OPC node modeled according to one of the supported IEC 61850 data classes The stVal OPC item of the ...

Page 45: ...restart all servers and clients with the latest configurations click Reload configuration To transfer only the changed configurations and to restart only the changed server or client with new configurations click Update reload configuration GWManagement Fig 5 2 1 Gateway Management function 5 3 License handling When the Gateway Management function is opened you can see under the License informatio...

Page 46: ...cense is Gateway specific and the Gateway computer verifies the compatibility of the license Also the servers and clients verifies the license 5 4 Diagnostics The Communication Engineering Tool CET provides comprehensive functions for diagnosing the operation of the Gateway This includes communication diagnostics with monitoring the communication channel diagnostic counters as well as IED specific...

Page 47: ... SPA event log file 5 4 1 Data object diagnostics You can monitor and control the data objects under the Gateway s object tree with Data object diagnostics To monitor and control the data objects right click the Gateway and select from the shortcut menu Data object diagnostics see Fig 5 4 1 1 ...

Page 48: ...You can filter the displayed data object by clicking Excluded items button The notepad opens and you can write to the notepad the data object types you want to exclude from the Data object diagnostics view Save the notepad by selecting File Save 5 4 2 Diagnostic services of OPC servers and clients The COM 610 Gateway allows you to control and monitor the server and client channel and device commun...

Page 49: ...e client or server see the list on Section 1 8 Related documents 5 4 3 Signal diagnostics OPC clients have a diagnostic function which makes it possible to monitor the flow of process data changes and commands Activated by marking the Diagnostic Events Enabled check box located in the Online diagnostics function of the IEC101 IEC104 Device When the diagnostic function is activated the IEC101 OPC C...

Page 50: ...e diagnostic counters of the communication channels subnetworks and IED communication A red cross over the Gateway icon in the object tree indicates that there is a fault in the communication structure When the plus mark front of the Gateway link is clicked and followed the red cross deeper in the hierarchy the device missing configuration or causing the error can be found The properties of the ce...

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Page 53: ...ool 38 46 Communication structure 40 Components OPC Client 14 OPC Server 14 Configuration data 42 Configuration files Export 13 Configuring Station Remote switch 44 Connectivity packages 39 Cross References 38 D Data model 15 Data modelling 15 16 Data Object 7 8 Device 7 E Embedded XP 11 Engineering OPC clients 40 OPC servers 39 Export 13 SCL Export 13 G Gateway Management 38 I Installing COM 610 ...

Page 54: ...soft 38 N NCC 11 12 Network Control Center 11 O Object Tree Building 39 Configuring 41 Objects Adding objects 39 Object tree 39 OPC 8 OPC client engineering 40 OPC items 18 OPC server Engineering 39 P Preconfigurations 39 Protection and control 39 Q Queues 18 S SCL 7 8 Station Remote 44 S R switch 17 Subnetwork 38 W Web Server 50 ...

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