This document outlines a two-day workshop on IEC 61850 for substation automation designed for engineers and technicians, scheduled in Sydney and Perth in March 2015. Participants will learn about the fundamentals of IEC 61850, including its architecture, data integration, networking components, and practical applications through hands-on exercises. The workshop also offers early bird discounts, materials, and additional resources like ebooks, catering to various personnel involved in control systems, project management, and maintenance.

1. Practical
IEC 61850 for
Substation Automation
for Engineers and Technicians
sydney
24 & 25 March 2015
Perth
26 & 27 March 2015
Technology Training that Works
Andrew West
BE Electrical, BSc (Computer Science,
Psychology), BA (Music,
Information Systems)
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You will learn how to:
• Explain the basic scope and outline of IEC 61850 (including the latest
revisions)
• Describe the IEC 61850 hardware architecture for substation automation
• Use the IEC 61850 data model to specify a substation automation system
• Use the IEC 61850 model as data integration platform
• Specify the most appropriate networking components for substation
automation
• Perform device independent system specification and engineering
• Create SSD, ICD, IID and SCD files
• Create, capture and analyse GOOSE messages
who should attend:
• Consulting
• Control and instrumentation
• Control systems
• Design
• Maintenance supervisors
• Electrical installations
• Process control
• Process development
• Project management
• SCADA and telemetry systems
• Practical Troubleshooting and
Problem Solving of Industrial Data
Communications
• Practical Wireless, Ethernet and
TCP/IP Networking
• Practical SCADA Systems for
Industry
• Practical Troubleshooting and
Problem Solving of Ethernet
Networks

2. Practical IEC 61850 for Substation Automation An intensive, practical 2-day workshop presented by
Andrew West
BE Electrical, BSc (Computer Science, Psychology), BA (Music, Information Systems)
Andrew is a graduate of the University of Queensland with degrees in
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Previously he worked for
the Queensland Electricity Commission in the Control Systems Division.
Andrew is Chair of the DNP Users Group Technical Committee and
Spokesperson for the IEC TC57 WG03, the committee responsible for
the IEC 60870-5 series of standards. He has been actively involved with SCADA systems for
over 20 years and has participated in SCADA communication protocol standardisation
processes since 1996.
Free reference manual
as a hard-copy and eBook (Valued at $223.90)
Our delegates don’t just receive photocopied notes!
You will receive the comprehensive fully illustrated reference manual,
as a hard-copy and eBook version, filled with hundreds of pages of
tables, charts, figures and handy hints.
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The workshop
Older (‘legacy’) substation automation protocols and hardware/software architectures provided
basic functionality for power system automation, and were designed to accommodate the technical
limitations of the technologies available at the time. However, in recent years there have been vast
improvements in technology, especially on the networking side. This has opened the door for
dramatic improvements in the approach to power system automation in substations.
The latest developments in networking such as high-speed, deterministic, redundant Ethernet, as
well as other technologies including TCP/IP, high-speed Wide Area Networks and high-performance
embedded processors, are providing capabilities that could hardly be imagined when most legacy
substation automation protocols were designed.
IEC61850 is a part of the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) Technical Committee 57
(TC57) architecture for electric power systems. It is an important international standard for
substation automation, and it is having a significant impact on how electric power systems are
designed and built for the future. The model-driven approach of IEC61850 is an innovative
approach and requires a new way of thinking about substation automation. This will result in
significant improvements in the costs and performance of electric power systems.
This workshop provides comprehensive coverage of IEC 61850 and will provide you with the tools
and knowledge to tackle your next substation automation project with confidence.
Pre-requisites
A basic working knowledge of data communications in general, or some exposure to Ethernet
and TCP/IP, would be useful but is not essential.
Practical sessions
This is a practical, hands-on workshop enabling you to work through exercises which reinforce
the concepts discussed. Sessions include:
• Set up and configure Ethernet infrastructure
• Create SSD, ICD, IID and SCD files
• Browse IED model of a device (using self-description, validation of model and
SCL file) and create outgoing GOOSE messages
• Capture and analyse GOOSE messages with a protocol analyser
• Test execution of GOOSE messages using IEC 61850 compatible test device
To gain full value from this workshop, please bring your laptop/notebook computer.

3. for Engineers and Technicians
The program
Day ONE
INTRODUCTION
• 7-layer communication model
• 8th layer as data
• Network topologies
• Utility Communication Architecture (UCA)
• Client/server concept
• Publish/subscribe concept
• Key features of IEC 61850
• IEC 61850 vs. DNP3 and IEC 60870
SCOPE AND OUTLINE OF IEC 61850
• General functional requirements (Parts 3,
4 and 5)
• Definition of abstract services (Part 7.2)
• Abstraction of data objects (Part 7.4)
• Common Data Classes (CDC) (Part 7.3)
• Mapping of abstract data objects and
services onto the Manufacturing
Messaging Specification (MMS) (Part 8.1)
• Mapping of Sample Measured Values onto
serial links (Part 9.1)
• Mapping of Sample Measured Values onto
ISO/IEC 8802-3 (IEEE 802.3/Ethernet)
IEC 61850 SUBSTATION ARCHITECTURE
• Merging Units (MUs)
• Station Bus
• Process Bus
ETHERNET COMMUNICATION WITHIN
SUBSTATIONS
• Physical Interfaces (10/100/1000 Mbps)
• Media (copper, multi-mode fibre, single
mode fibre)
• Media access (full duplex vs. CSMA/CD)
• MAC (L2) addressing: broadcasting,
multicasting, unicasting
• Frame (packet) structure
• Differences between ISO/IEC 8802.3, ISO/
IEC 8802.3 Ethertype, and ISO/IEC
8802.2 LLC
• Bridges/switches
• VLANs: Port-based vs. tagged VLANs,
IEEE802.1p port prioritisation,
IEEE802.1Q VLAN
• Time synchronisation: IEEE 1588,
SAE AS6802
• Network redundancy: Redundant star,
Redundant ring, Spanning tree protocols,
Parallel Redundancy Protocol
(IEC 62439-3)
TCP/IP AND RELATED CONCEPTS
• IP (L3) addressing: IPv4 vs. IPv6
• Subnet masks and default gateways
• Basic routing concepts
• Routers
• Ports/sockets
• TCP connections
• TCP vs. UDP
The fee for each workshop covers all materials
including workshop manual, lunches
and refreshments
Day TWO
WAN COMMUNICATIONS ISUES
• Reliability, determinism and speed issues
• Multi-Protocol Layer Switching (MPLS)
• IP over Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (IPoDWDM)
• MPLS Traffic Engineering – Fast Reroute
over IP over Dense Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (MPLS TE-FRR over IPoDWDM)
• IEEE 802.1Qav – Forwarding and Queuing
Enhancements for Time-Sensitive Streams
DATA MODELING APPROACH
• The information model (IEC 61850-7-x and
IEC 61400-25)
• The information exchange services and
mappings (IEC 61850-7-2 and 8-1)
• Physical devices
• Logical devices
• Data elements
• Common Data Class (IEC 61850-7-3)
COMMUNICATION PROFILES
• Sampled Values (SV) multicast
• Generic Object Oriented Substation Event
(GOOSE)
• GOOSE messages over L2
• GOOSE messages over L3 (IEC 61850-90-5)
• Generic Substation Status Event (GSSE)
• Time Sync (SNTP/GPS/IRIG-B)
• Manufacturing Message Specification (MMS)
• Application of and comparison between
profiles
MAPPING OF IEC 61850 TO
COMMUNICATION PROFILES
• Abstract Communication Service Interface
(ACSI)
• Mapping of IEC61850 to MMS
• Object mapping
• Service mapping
CONFIGURATION
• Configuration of IEDs
• IEC 61850-6 Substation Configuration
Language (SCL)
• Software tools
CONFORMANCE AND TESTING
• Documentation and process
• Assessment process
• Tools
• Testing methods
• Interpretation of compliance certificates
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
• IEC 61850 Edition 2
• Object models for hydro power plants,
wind turbines and Distributed Energy
Resources (DER)
• Mapping of IEC 61850 on DNP3 and IEC
60870-5-101/-104
• The use of IEC 61499 (Distributed
Function Blocks) in conjunction with IEC
61850
• Exchanging synchrophasor data between
PMUs, PDCs, WAMPAC and control centre
applications: IEC/TR 618-90-5:2012(E)
• Communication with the control centre
based on IEC 61850 and Harmonisation
with CIM
summary, open forum and closing

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• Workshops start at 8:30am and finish at 5:00pm daily.
• Registration is from 8:00am on the first day.
• The workshop fees are per delegate and include a reference
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7-14 days prior to the commencement of the workshop.
Cancellations received less than 7 days prior to the workshop
are not refundable however substitutes are welcome.
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