On of the strengths of the MD300 range of RTUs is the software that forms the core functionality. A prime example of which is the support of IEC61850, which allows the units to be configured in Client or Server mode while still supporting legacy protocols and physical IO.
The advantage of having an independent IEC61850 Client/Gateway device is that it allows many supported IEDs to be utilised without being tied to a particular vendor. CGI’s objective is to provide interoperability to our customers, regardless of the protection relay equipment that they operate.
CGI has designed software and configuration tools to allow a staged or integrated approach to implementing IEC61850. This allows hybrid systems to be built. This becomes important especially for brown-field site upgrades. The base RTU and software is the same for the IEC61850 and non-61850 implementations so an RTU that might be installed as a standard RTU can easily be upgraded to IEC61850 by downloading a new configuration.
To take advantage of the self-documenting features of IEC61850, CGI’s SCADA Configuration Tool provides a graphical representation of the IEC61850 Logical Node tree that is read either from an ICD/CID file or by directly downloading the configuration from an IED via a network connection.
Key benefits and features:
- IEC61850 Client/Gateway
- IEC61850 Server
- Linux (Gentoo) 2.6 Kernel
- Support for various VM infrastructure
- GOOSE Support
- Buffered / Unbuffered Reports
- IED Device Independence
- SCADA Configuration Tool
- Redundancy supported
- Disturbance file extraction
- Common development/diagnostics tools with MD300 range
