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12: Using the INP300S IEC 61850 Protocol Card
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12: Using the INP300S IEC 61850 Protocol
Card
12.1: Overview
The Shark® 270 meter can have one optional Ethernet card (either the INP300S or
the INP100S - see
Chapter 10: Using the INP100S Ethernet Card, on page 10-1
, for
the INP100S card). With the INP300S in your Shark® 270 meter, you gain the capa-
bility of communicating IEC 61850 Protocol as well as Modbus TCP/IP, over the Ether-
net.
12.2: Overview of IEC 61850
When the IEC 61850 Protocol Ethernet Network card (INP300S) is added to the
Shark® 270 meter, the unit becomes an advanced intelligent Device that can be net-
worked on a IEC 61850 standard network within an electrical distribution system.
IEC 61850 is a standard for the design of electrical substation automation, including
the networking of substation devices. The IEC 61850 standard is part of the Interna-
tional Electrotechnical Commission's (IEC) Technical Committee 57 (TC57). It consists
of a suite of protocols (MMS, SMV, etc.) and abstract definitions that provide a stan-
dardized method of communication and integration to support intelligent electronic
devices from any vendor, networked together to perform protection, monitoring,
automation, metering and control in a substation environment. For more information
on IEC 61850 go to
IEC 61850 was developed to:
• Specify a design methodology for automation system construction.
• Reduce the effort for users to construct automation systems using devices from
multiple vendors.
• Assure interoperability between components within the automation system.
• “Future-proof” the system by providing simple upgrade paths as the underlying
technologies change.
