Siemens Smart Infrastructure has unveiled SIPROTEC V — a virtualized version of SIPROTEC 5: up to 60 virtual IEDs on a single substation-grade server, Linux with a real-time kernel, the familiar DIGSI 5 and IEC 61850 System Configurator. Functions are organised by bays, with GOOSE, MMS, Sampled Values, PTP, PRP/HSR and NERC CIP / BDEW cybersecurity. The architectural signal: protection is going software-defined.
One click in Tekvel Magic software — and you have a MS Word protocol that covers every IED on the substation: a summary of all URCB/BRCB control blocks with their MMS reference, type, RptEna state, Owner client, triggers, optional fields, DataSet reference, BufTm and IntgPd; plus a detailed section decoding the bit fields and the element-by-element composition of every DataSet — with descriptions taken from the SCL file. The case closes the second half of the SCADA acceptance questions: «how it is configured» is now complemented by «how it is actually working right now», and you instantly see whether reports are sitting idle while SCADA collects data by periodic polling.
The GOOSE protocol, described in chapter International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850-8-1...