IEC 61850-8-1:2011

IEC 61850-8-1 ®
Edition 2.0 2011-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –
Part 8-1: Specific communication service mapping (SCSM) – Mappings to MMS
(ISO 9506-1 and ISO 9506-2) and to ISO/IEC 8802-3

Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour l’automatisation des systèmes
électriques –
Partie 8-1: Mise en correspondance des services de communication spécifiques
(SCSM) – Mises en correspondance pour MMS (ISO 9506-1 et ISO 9506-2) et pour
l’ISO/CEI 8802-3
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IEC 61850-8-1 ®
Edition 2.0 2011-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –
Part 8-1: Specific communication service mapping (SCSM) – Mappings to MMS
(ISO 9506-1 and ISO 9506-2) and to ISO/IEC 8802-3

Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour l’automatisation des systèmes
électriques –
Partie 8-1: Mise en correspondance des services de communication spécifiques
(SCSM) – Mises en correspondance pour MMS (ISO 9506-1 et ISO 9506-2) et pour
l’ISO/CEI 8802-3
INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
PRICE CODE
INTERNATIONALE
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CODE PRIX
ICS 33.200 ISBN 978-2-88912-478-7
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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 11
INTRODUCTION . 13
1 Scope . 14
2 Normative references . 14
3 Terms and definitions . 18
4 Abbreviations . 20
5 Overview . 22
5.1 General . 22
5.2 MMS communication profiles . 23
5.3 Non-MMS communication profiles . 23
5.4 MMS objects being used . 23
6 Communication stack . 24
6.1 Overview of the protocol usage . 24
6.2 Client/server services and communication profiles . 25
6.2.1 Client/server services . 25
6.2.2 A-Profile . 26
6.2.3 TCP/IP T-Profile . 26
6.2.4 OSI T-Profile . 28
6.3 GSE management and GOOSE services communication profiles . 29
6.3.1 GSE mapping overview . 29
6.3.2 A-Profile . 29
6.3.3 T-Profile . 29
6.4 Time sync . 30
6.4.1 Conformance statement . 30
6.4.2 A-Profile . 31
6.4.3 T-Profile . 31
7 Objects of IEC 61850 . 32
7.1 Server . 32
7.2 Logical device (LD) . 32
7.3 Logical node (LN) . 32
7.3.1 General . 32
7.3.2 Mapping of LNReference to VariableAccessSpecifications . 34
7.3.3 DataObjects . 34
7.3.4 DataAttributes (DataAttr) . 35
8 Mapping of IEC 61850-7-2 and IEC 61850-7-3 data attributes . 35
8.1 Mapping of Attributes specified in IEC 61850-7-2 . 35
8.1.1 BasicTypes . 35
8.1.2 Additional definitions of BasicType . 36
8.1.3 Common ACSITypes . 37
8.2 Mapping of quality common data attribute type specified in IEC 61850-7-3 . 55
9 Server class model . 55
9.1 Server mapping . 55
9.2 Server class attributes . 56
9.2.1 ServiceAccessPoint . 56
9.2.2 Logical devices . 56

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9.2.3 Files . 56
9.2.4 Client associations . 56
9.3 Server class service GetServerDirectory . 56
10 Association model . 58
10.1 Association relation to communication profiles . 58
10.2 Two party association model for client/server communication profile . 58
10.2.1 Association mapping. 58
10.2.2 Association services . 59
10.3 Two party association model for GSE management communication profile . 60
10.4 Two party association model for time sync . 60
10.5 Multicast association model . 60
11 Logical device model . 60
12 Logical node model . 60
12.1 GenLogicalNodeClass . 60
12.2 GenLogicalNodeClass attributes. 61
12.3 GenLogicalNodeClass services . 61
12.3.1 GetLogicalNodeDirectory . 61
12.3.2 GetAllDataValues . 62
13 DataObject, DataAttribute, SubDataAttribute model . 63
13.1 GenDataObjectClass . 63
13.2 GenDataAttributeClass . 63
13.3 GenSubDataAttributeClass . 64
13.4 GenDataObjectClass services . 64
13.4.1 GetDataValues . 64
13.4.2 SetDataValues . 64
13.4.3 GetDataDirectory . 64
13.4.4 GetDataDefinition . 65
14 Data set class model . 65
14.1 Data set class . 65
14.2 Data set attributes . 65
14.3 Data set services . 65
14.3.1 GetDataSetValues . 65
14.3.2 SetDataSetValues . 66
14.3.3 CreateDataSet . 66
14.3.4 DeleteDataSet . 67
14.3.5 GetDataSetDirectory. 67
15 ServiceTracking model . 68
15.1 General . 68
15.2 Common Service Tracking – CST . 68
15.3 Mapping of the Buffered Report Tracking Service – BTS . 70
15.4 Mapping of the Unbuffered Report Tracking Service – UTS . 71
15.5 Mapping of the Log Control Block Tracking Service Tracking – LTS . 71
15.6 Mapping of the Log Tracking Service – OTS . 72
15.7 Mapping of the GOOSE Control Block Tracking Service – GTS . 72
15.8 Mapping of the Setting Group Control Block Tracking Service – STS . 72
15.9 Mapping of the tracking service for MSVCB control block – MTS . 73
15.10 Mapping of the tracking service of the USVCB control block – NTS . 73
16 Setting group control class model . 73

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16.1 Setting group control block definition . 73
16.2 Setting group control class services . 74
16.2.1 SelectActiveSG . 74
16.2.2 SelectEditSG . 74
16.2.3 SetEditSGValue . 74
16.2.4 ConfirmEditSGValues . 74
16.2.5 GetEditSGValue . 75
16.2.6 GetSGCBValues . 75
17 Reporting and logging class model . 75
17.1 Report model – Report control blocks . 75
17.1.1 Functional Constraint for Report Control Blocks . 75
17.1.2 Buffered report control block. 75
17.1.3 Unbuffered report control block. 76
17.2 Reporting services . 77
17.2.1 Report service . 77
17.2.2 GetBRCBValues . 79
17.2.3 SetBRCBValues . 80
17.2.4 GetURCBValues . 80
17.2.5 SetURCBValues . 80
17.3 Log model . 80
17.3.1 General . 80
17.3.2 Mapping of log control class . 80
17.3.3 Mapping of log class . 80
17.3.4 Mapping of log and log control services . 85
17.3.5 Conformance . 86
18 Mapping of the generic substation event model (GSE) . 87
18.1 Generic object oriented substation event (GOOSE) . 87
18.1.1 GOOSE control definition . 87
18.1.2 GOOSE services . 88
19 Transmission of sampled values class model . 97
20 Control class model . 97
20.1 General . 97
20.2 Control service parameters. 97
20.3 Mapping of control objects and CO_CtrlObjectRef . 97
20.4 Mapping of control services . 99
20.5 Select . 100
20.5.1 Select service parameter mapping . 100
20.5.2 Mapping of the select service . 100
20.5.3 Select request . 100
20.5.4 Select response+ . 100
20.5.5 Select response– . 100
20.6 SelectWithValue . 101
20.6.1 SelectWithValue service parameter mapping . 101
20.6.2 Mapping of the SelectWithValue service . 101
20.6.3 SelectWithValue request . 102
20.6.4 SelectWithValue response+ . 102
20.6.5 SelectWithValue response– . 103
20.7 Cancel . 103

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20.7.1 Cancel service parameter mapping . 103
20.7.2 Mapping of the Cancel service . 103
20.7.3 Cancel request . 104
20.7.4 Cancel response+ . 104
20.7.5 Cancel response– . 104
20.8 Operate . 105
20.8.1 Operate service parameter mapping . 105
20.8.2 Mapping of the Operate service . 105
20.8.3 Operate request . 106
20.8.4 Operate response+ . 106
20.8.5 Operate response– . 107
20.9 CommandTermination . 107
20.9.1 CommandTermination service parameter mapping . 107
20.9.2 Mapping of the CommandTermination service . 107
20.10 TimeActivatedOperate . 108
20.10.1 TimeActivatedOperate service parameter mapping . 108
20.10.2 Mapping of the TimeActivatedOperate service . 108
20.10.3 Mapping of the TimeActivatedOperateTermination service . 110
20.11 AdditionalCauseDiagnosis in negative control service responses . 111
21 Time and time synchronization model . 113
22 Naming conventions . 113
23 File transfer . 114
23.1 File transfer model . 114
23.2 File services . 115
23.2.1 GetFile . 115
23.2.2 SetFile . 117
23.2.3 DeleteFile . 119
23.2.4 GetFileAttributeValues . 119
24 Conformance . 120
24.1 Notation . 120
24.2 PICS . 120
24.2.1 Profile conformance . 120
24.2.2 MMS conformance . 121
24.3 PICS Statement . 132
24.3.1 General . 132
24.3.2 Logical device . 132
24.3.3 GOOSE Services . 132
24.3.4 Substation configuration language . 133
25 Substation Configuration Language (SCL) . 133
25.1 SCL file and SCL extensions . 133
25.2 General . 133
25.3 SCSM specific address element definitions . 133
25.3.1 Client/server addressing – element “address” . 133
25.3.2 GOOSE addressing . 134
25.3.3 GSSE definition . 135
25.4 Subnetwork protocol type . 135
25.5 SCSM NameSpace . 135

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Annex A (normative) Application protocol specification for GOOSE and GSE
management . 136
Annex B (informative) Multicast address selection . 143
Annex C (normative) Overview of ISO/IEC 8802-3 frame structure for GSE
management and GOOSE . 144
Annex D (informative) SCL conformance . 151
Annex E (informative) Time scales and epochs . 152
Annex F (normative) Type extensions to ISO 9506-1:2003 and ISO 9506-2:2003 . 155
Annex G (informative) Example SCL File . 158
Annex H (informative) Generic Substation State Event (GSSE) . 176
Annex I (informative) Certificate management . 189

Figure 1 – Overview of functionality and profiles . 23
Figure 2 – OSI reference model and profiles . 24
Figure 3 – Algorithm for logical node mapping . 33
Figure 4 – Ordered list of functional constraints . 33
Figure 5 – Relationship of LCB attributes to IEC 61850-7-2 log definitions . 81
Figure 6 – GetGoReference service primitives . 89
Figure 7 – GetGOOSEElementNumber service primitives . 91
Figure 8 – Transmission time for events . 93
Figure 9 – SendGooseMessage message service primitives . 94
Figure 10 – Publisher state machine for GOOSE service . 94
Figure 11 – Subscriber state machine for GOOSE service . 95
Figure 12 – Mapping of ACSI GetFile to MMS FileOpen, FileRead, FileClose . 116
Figure 13 – Mapping of ACSI SetFile service . 118
Figure A.1 – Basic encoding rules format . 138
Figure A.2 – Format of the tag octets . 138
Figure C.1 – ISO/IEC 8802-3 frame format . 145
Figure C.2 – ISO/IEC 8802-3 frame format with HSR link redundancy . 146
Figure C.3 – ISO/IEC 8802-3 frame format with PRP link redundancy . 147
Figure C.4 – Virtual LAN tag . 148
Figure C.5 – Reserved 1 . 150
Figure H.1 – Overview of functionality and profiles. 176
Figure H.2 – GetGsReference service primitives . 181
Figure H.3 – GetGSSEDataOffset service primitives . 183
Figure H.4 – GSSE service primitives . 185
Figure H.5 – Client state machine for GSSE service . 185
Figure H.6 – Server state machine for GSSE service . 186

Table 1 – MMS objects and services in use within this SCSM . 24
Table 2 – Services requiring client/server Communication Profile . 25
Table 3 – Service and protocols for client/server communication A-Profile . 26
Table 4 – Service and protocols for client/server TCP/IP T-Profile . 27
Table 5 – Service and protocols for client/server OSI T-Profile . 28

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Table 6 – Services requiring GSE Management and GOOSE communication profile . 29
Table 7 – Service and protocols for GSE Management and GOOSE communication A-
Profile . 29
Table 8 – GOOSE/GSE T-Profile . 30
Table 9 – Time sync A-Profile . 31
Table 10 – Time sync T-Profile . 31
Table 11 – Mapping of ACSI BasicTypes . 36
Table 12 – PHYCOMADDR structure . 39
Table 13 – Associate ACSI service error mappings . 40
Table 14 – Release service error mappings . 41
Table 15 – GetNameList conflicting IEC 61850 objectClass and objectScope . 41
Table 16 – GetNameList service error mappings . 41
Table 17 – Read of NamedVariableList object error mappings . 42
Table 18 – Write of NamedVariableList object error mappings . 43
Table 19 – DefineNamedVariableList service error mappings . 44
Table 20 – GetNamedVariableListAttributes service error mappings . 45
Table 21 – DeleteNamedVariableList service error mappings . 46
Table 22 – Read service error mappings . 47
Table 23 – Write service error mappings . 48
Table 24 – GetVariableAccessAttributes service error mappings . 49
Table 25 – ServiceError mappings for Log services . 49
Table 26 – FileDirectory service error mappings . 50
Table 27 – Mappings of ACSI ServiceErrors to ObtainFile Service Errors . 51
Table 28 – Mappings of ACSI ServiceErrors to FileOpen Service Errors . 51
Table 29 – Mappings of ACSI ServiceErrors to FileRead Service Errors . 52
Table 30 – Mappings of ACSI ServiceErrors to FileClose Service Errors . 52
Table 31 – Mappings of ACSI ServiceErrors to FileDelete Service Errors . 53
Table 32 – Encoding of IEC 61850-7-2 TimeQuality . 54
Table 33 – Encoding of IEC 61850-7-3 quality . 55
Table 34 – Mapping of ACSI GetServerDirectory(LOGICAL DEVICE) to MMS . 57
Table 35 – Mapping of ACSI GetServerDirectory(FILE) to MMS . 57
Table 36 – Association model versus communication profiles . 58
Table 37 – Mapping of ACSI Associate service to MMS . 59
Table 38 – Mapping of ACSI Release service to MMS . 59
Table 39 – GetNameList classes for GetLogicalNodeDirectory service . 61
Table 40 – Mapping of ACSI GetLogicalNodeDirectory(DataObject) service to MMS . 62
Table 41 – Mapping of ACSI GetAllDataValues service to MMS . 63
Table 42 – Mapping of GetDataValues service parameters . 64
Table 43 – Mapping of SetDataValues service parameters . 64
Table 44 – Mapping of GetDataDirectory service parameters . 65
Table 45 – Mapping of GetDataSetValues service parameters . 65
Table 46 – Mapping of SetDataSetValues service parameters . 66
Table 47 – Mapping of CreateDataSet service parameters . 66

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Table 48 – Mapping of DeleteDataSet service parameters . 67
Table 49 – Mapping of GetDataSetDirectory service parameters . 67
Table 50 – Mapping of CDC CST to MMS type definition. 68
Table 51 – Mapping of ACSI ServiceType values . 68
Table 52 – Mapping of ACSI ServiceError values . 70
Table 53 – Mapping of CDC BTS to MMS type definition . 70
Table 54 – Mapping of CDC UTS to MMS type definition. 71
Table 55 – Mapping of CDC LTS to MMS type definition . 71
Table 56 – Mapping of CDC GTS to MMS type definition . 72
Table 57 – Mapping of CDC STS to MMS type definition . 72
Table 58 – Mapping of CDC MTS to MMS type definition . 73
Table 59 – Mapping of CDC NTS to MMS type definition. 73
Table 60 – Mapping of SGCB to MMS type definition . 74
Table 61 – Mapping of BRCB to MMS type definition . 75
Table 62 – Mapping of OptFlds within Bitstring . 76
Table 63 – Mapping of URCB to MMS type definition . 77
Table 64 – Order of AccessResults for variableListName report . 78
Table 65 – Definition of an MMS log control block . 82
Table 66 – Mapping of values for LogEna . 82
Table 67 – Mapping of ACSI LogEntries . 83
Table 68 – General mappings of ACSI log model services . 85
Table 69 – Mapping of QueryLogByTime request parameters . 86
Table 70 – Mapping of response parameters . 86
Table 71 – Mapping of QueryLogAfter request parameters . 86
Table 72 – Log conformance requirements . 87
Table 73 – MMS TypeDescription definition for GoCB MMS structure . 87
Table 74 – DstAddress structure . 88
Table 75 – Mapping of GetGoReference service . 89
Table 76 – GetGoReference . 90
Table 77 – Mapping of GetGOOSEElementNumber service . 92
Table 78 – GetGOOSEElementNumber . 92
Table 79 – GOOSE service parameter mapping . 95
Table 80 – Controllable service parameters . 97
Table 81 – Mapping of IEC 61850-7-2 control model to MMS control components . 98
Table 82 – Mapping of control services . 99
Table 83 – Select service parameter mapping . 100
Table 84 – Mapping of the Select service . 100
Table 85 – SelectWithValue service parameter mapping . 101
Table 86 – Mapping of the SelectWithValue service . 102
Table 87 – SelectWithValue, Oper and Cancel AccessResult specification . 103
Table 88 – Cancel service parameter mapping . 103
Table 89 – Mapping of the Cancel service. 104
Table 90 – Operate service parameter mapping . 105

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Table 91 – Mapping of the Operate service . 106
Table 92 – Mapping of the CommandTermination service . 107
Table 93 – TimeActivatedOperate service parameter mapping . 108
Table 94 – Mapping of the TimeActivatedOperate service . 109
Table 95 – Mapping of the TimeActivatedOperate_Termination service . 110
Table 96 – Definition of LastApplError variable structure . 111
Table 97 – Mapping of ACSI AddCause values . 113
Table 98 – Mapping of ACSI file class to MMS file object . 114
Table 99 – Reserved file suffixes . 115
Table 100 – Mapping of ACSI GetFile service parameters . 116
Table 101 – Mapping of ACSI GetFile service . 117
Table 102 – Mappings of GetFile ServiceErrors to MMS Service Errors . 117
Table 103 – Mapping of ACSI SetFile parameters . 118
Table 104 – Mapping of ACSI DeleteFile service . 119
Table 105 – Mapping of ACSI GetFileAttributeValues parameters . 119
Table 106 – Mapping of ACSI ListOfDirectoryEntry . 120
Table 107 – PICS for A-Profile support .
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