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The IEC 62056 communication protocol is supported via the use of an external gateway. The gateway is used to establish the communication with the IEC 62056 slave using DNP3 Master on the simulator side and DNP3 Slave on the gateway side. One or multiple IEC 62056 slaves (which are typically smart meters) can report analog and digital measurements to the simulator through the gateway. The gateway will receive data from the IEC 62046 slave(s) and retransmit this data to the simulator using DNP3. The equipment used to perform the protocol conversion is the gateway. It comes with a configuration software that is used to configure protocols involved in the communication chain.

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IEC 62056 is a set of standards for electricity metering data exchange by International Electrotechnical Commission. The IEC 62056 standards are the international standard versions of the DLMS/COSEM specification.

Product Selection Guide

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To create an IEC 62056 Master connection, a gateway and the IEC 62056 Master driver (OP3232) are required.
Since the Gateway connects to the Real-Time Simulator via Ethernet interface (RJ45), if additional interfaces are required in the simulator then a physical Ethernet port add-on module will need to be added (see OP3821 and I350T4V2BLK below).

Type

Description

Product Number

Simulator Compatibility

OP4510v2
OP4512
OP4610XG

OP5033XG

OP5600v2
OP5650

OP5700
OP5705XG
OP5707XG

External Hardware

IEC 62056 Gateway. Contact us for information.

Not available

YES

YES

YES

YES

Driver

Driver license for DNP3 Master for exchange of data between master stations and RTU and IED. 50 I/O data points are included. Additional data points may be added with the OP3050 product (see below).

OP3232

YES

YES

YES

YES


Additional data points

License for additional I/O data points for Ethernet-based communication protocols. 1,000, 5,000, or 30,000 (unlimited) data points may be added. License OP3232 is required.

OP3050-1000
OP3050-5000
OP3050-30000

YES

YES

YES

YES


Add-on module

Dual-port PCIe X1 Gigabit Ethernet Kit for OP4xxx Series of Real-Time Simulators*. Can be added if more physical Ethernet ports are required.

OP3821

OP4510v2
OP4512

OP3821-4610

OP4610XG


Add-on module

Intel I350T4V2 Quad Port Ethernet Server Adapter 10/100/1000 Mbps for OP5xxx Series of Real-Time Simulators*. Can be added if more physical Ethernet ports are required.

I350T4V2BLK

YES

YES

YES

* Available PCIe slot required. Note that OP4510 and OP4512 simulators only have one PCIe slot.