CHAPTER 7: IEC 61850 PROTOCOL 7.3 IEC 61850 CONFIGURATOR
GEK-106310-AF F650 DIGITAL BAY CONTROLLER 7-235
7.3.2.10 Reports tab
BUFFERED AND UNBUFFERED REPORTING
The F650 relay supports both IEC 61850 buffered and unbuffered reporting. The device has configurable reports, which
include user-defined Data Sets and Report Control Blocks.
Reporting is based on Data Sets, which are collections of Data that can be included in Reports. The Report Control Block is
a group of parameters which permit IEC 61850 customization of the reports being sent by the IEC 61850 server. For
example, IntgPd parameter of Report Control Block contains the value in milliseconds of the interval between Integrity
Reports sent by IEC 61850 servers.
The F650 relay can have up to 20 different Data Sets, each of them containing a maximum of 64 elements. In case of
F650s with firmware version 7.20, the maximum number of elements each Data Sets can contain is 576 elements. The
exception is a predefined Data Set for eveGGIO1, which contains 192 elements. There are several predefined Data Sets in
the F650, all of which can be modified using the IEC 61850 configurator included in the EnerVista 650 Setup software.
Here are the rules and limitations for creation and modification of Data Sets in the F650:
• Maximum number of Data Sets in F650 is 20, including predefined and created by user. The 20 Data Set maximum
applies to the total of all Data Sets for Reports and for transmission GOOSEs
• Maximum number of Data Sets for transmission GOOSEs is 4, thus if 4
transmission GOOSEs are configured, a
maximum of 16 different Data Sets can be configured for Reports
• Maximum number elements in a Data Set created by the user is 576.
(For F650 firmware versions below 7.20, the maximum numb
er of elements is 64.)
The F650 relay supports up to 5 simultaneous IEC 61850 connections, thus a maximum of 5 different IEC 61850 clients can
connect to it. For versions below 7.00, there is only one URCB (Unbuffered Report Control Block), in this way all clients can
connect to the same URCB, for instance to LLN0.RP.urcbA01 (where urcbA01 is the name of the URCB in this example). For
versions above, there will be 5 Unbuffered Report Control Blocks.For buffered reports each IEC 61850 client should connect
to a different BRCB (Buffered Report Control Block). This is necessary because the F650 relay maintains separate buffers
for all 5 clients that can receive a report.
Here are the rules and limitations for creation and modification of Report Control Blocks in the F650:
• Maximum number of Report Control Blocks is 20, each of which can be set as BRCB or URCB
For firmware versions below 7.00:
• Maximum of 5 different BRCB's can be attached to the same Data Set
• Maximum of 1 URCB can be attached to a Data Set
In the F650, all Report Control Blocks are located in logical node LLN0.
Data Sets and Report Control Blocks can be created or modified using the IEC 61850 Configurator included in the EnerVista
650 Setup software for firmware versions 3.60 and above.
The IEC 61850 Configurator works with the CID (Configured IED Description) file. The CID is similar to the ICD (IED Capability
Description) file, with the difference being that the CID contains configured values of Data. Despite referring to a CID file,
the file extension used in output files by the IEC 61850 Configurator is always .icd. This is because some third-party IEC
61850 substation configuration applications only support the .icd extension.
Configuration of individual items in Report Control Blocks can be accomplished using either the IEC 61850 Configurator or
an IEC 61850 client. Changes done via the IEC 61850 Configurator are non-volatile as they persist in the CID file which is
uploaded to the relay. In the case of F650 changes done via IEC 61850 clients, changes are volatile as they only persist in
runtime memory.
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