If enabled, the driver will attempt to detect a synchronization source and automatically use it. The only source available for the moment is the Oregano Syn1588 PCIe card. The card needs to be present in the system and the Synchronization driver must be properly configured to achieve automatic synchronization.

If enabled, all the SV and GOOSE services will be active by default, without the need for handling each connection point. 'Enable' is used to activate the publishing or subscribing of messages.

If enabled, the encoding of GOOSE messages will be done according to 61850-8-1 Ed.2 A.3. Some specific fields of the header and some data types will be encoded with a fixed-length, avoiding the compression done by ASN.1

If enabled, the simulation bit in the Reserved 1 field of the header of each transmitted SV and GOOSE messages will be set to 1. This will identify the data as being transmitted by a simulated device.

If enabled, every SV and GOOSE frames will be VLAN tagged with the identification number provided either in the SCL file, for GOOSE and SV-61869-9, either as a configuration parameter, for SV-LE.

If enabled, data integrity manipulation mechanisms will be available for the transmission of SV messages. Additional information on all the possible error injection features are described in this document.

In virtual mode, the model can be executed even if this I/O interface is not compatible with the hardware configuration of the system. The connections between the model and the I/O interface will be done during the initialization, but the I/O interface will not do anything.
The virtual mode can be used to troubleshoot problems on a system without having the required hardware, or to prepare a model with different I/O interfaces even if the final hardware platform is not available.

The selected file is parsed to retrieve available GOOSE data sets to be sent. The IED and GOOSE ID drop-down lists are automatically completed based on the content of this file.

Contains the list of available IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Device) in the specified SCL file that may contain GOOSE message definition. The IED name may represent physical equipment placed within an IEC 61850 communication network.

Selection of the GOOSE message to be sent on the network. Connection points should be available depending on the selected GOOSE message.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

If INTERNAL is selected, the driver uses the system time of the simulator to compute protocol timings.

If EXTERNAL is selected, the GOOSE timings are synchronized with an external clock provided through connection points. This mode allows the use of Spectracom TSync or Oregano board to synchronize the protocol timings with a synchronization standard.

This field is automatically updated with the GOOSE message Application ID retrieved from the SCL file. This field is not user-modifiable. This ID should be unique within the entire IEC 61850 network.

This field is automatically updated with the MAC multicast destination address where the GOOSE message will be published (e.g. '01-0C-CD-04-00-00'). The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit. This field is not user-modifiable.

The selected file will be parsed to retrieve available GOOSE data sets to be received. The IED and GOOSE ID drop-down lists are automatically filled based on the content of this file.

Contains the list of available IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Device) in the specified SCL file that may contain GOOSE message definition. The IED name may represent physical equipment placed within an IEC 61850 communication network.

Selection of the GOOSE message to be received from the network. Connection points should be available depending on the selected GOOSE message.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

This field is automatically updated with the GOOSE message Application ID retrieved from the SCL file. This field is not user-modifiable. This ID should be unique within the entire IEC 61850 network.

This field is automatically updated with the MAC multicast destination address on which the GOOSE message will subscribe (e.g. '01-0C-CD-04-00-00'). The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit. This field is not user-modifiable.

Specifies the system-wide unique identifier, a string of minimum of 10 characters and a maximum of 35 characters. The user convention IEC61850-9-2LE recommends using the following format: xxxxMUnn; here XXXX is the concatenation of the substation name, voltage level, and bay, whereas nn identifies the measuring point.

Specifies the MAC multicast destination address identifying the Sampled Values to publish. The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

Specifies the VLAN ID for each Sampled Values publisher. The VLAN ID allows advanced configuration of smart switches to handle SV packet priorities on the network.

Specifies the power system frequency.

Specifies the number of samples transmitted per cycle.

If INTERNAL is selected, the driver uses the system time of the simulator to compute protocol timings. If EXTERNAL is selected, the SV timings will be synchronized with an external clock provided through connection points. This mode allows the use of Spectracom TSync or Oregano board to synchronize the protocol timings with a synchronization standard.

Specifies the system-wide unique identifier, a string of a minimum of 10 characters and a maximum of 35 characters. The user convention IEC61850-9-2LE recommends using the following format: xxxxMUnn; here xxxx is the concatenation of the substation name, voltage level, and bay, whereas nn identifies the measuring point.

Specifies the MAC multicast destination address identifying the Sampled Values to subscribe to. The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

The selected file will be parsed to retrieve available SV data sets to be sent. The IED and SV ID drop-down lists are automatically filled based on the content of this file.

Contains the list of available IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Device) in the specified SCL file that may contain SV message definition. The IED name may represent physical equipment placed within an IEC 61850 communication network.

Selection of the SV message to be sent on the network. Connection points should be available depending on the selected SV message.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

If INTERNAL is selected, the driver uses the system time of the simulator to compute protocol timings. If EXTERNAL is selected, the SV timings will be synchronized with an external clock provided through connection points. This mode allows the use of Spectracom TSync or Oregano board to synchronize the protocol timings with a synchronization standard.

Specifies the power system frequency.

Read-only field displaying the number of samples transmitted per cycle, as defined in the SCL file.

Read-only field displaying the number of samples embedded in each packet, as defined in the SCL file.

Read-only field displaying the application ID of the selected message, as defined in the SCL file. This ID should be unique within the entire IEC 61850 network.

Read-only field displaying the MAC multicast destination address where the SV message will be published, as defined in the SCL file. The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit.

The selected file will be parsed to retrieve available SV data sets to be received. The IED and SV ID drop-down lists are automatically filled based on the content of this file.

Contains the list of available IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Device) in the specified SCL file that may contain SV message definition. The IED name may represent physical equipment placed within an IEC 61850 communication network.

Selection of the SV message to be received on the network. Connection points should be available depending on the selected SV message.

The desired network interface name. The proper interface name should be selected based on the information given by the Linux command ifconfig.

Read-only field displaying the number of samples that should be received per cycle, as defined in the SCL file.

Read-only field displaying the number of samples embedded in each packet, as defined in the SCL file.

Read-only field displaying the application ID of the selected message, as defined in the SCL file. This ID should be unique within the entire IEC 61850 network.

Read-only field displaying the MAC multicast destination address where the SV message will be received, as defined in the SCL file. The MAC address must respect the following format 'hh-hh-hh-hh-hh-hh', where h represents a hexadecimal digit.

This input controls directly the GOOSE Header field test. If the input value is TRUE, GOOSE message will be transmitted with test flag equal to TRUE informing to all subscribers that Object Input Data is the result of testing.

This input controls directly the GOOSE Header field needs commissioning.

Ideally, the timestamp input should come from an accurate synchronization source. Otherwise, there is no guarantee on the data sampling, reported data rate and a fraction of second information.

It is a binary value (0 or 1) that represents the synchronization state of the timestamp. If the timestamp is synchronized with an accurate external source such as a GPS, the value applied to this signal should be set 1 and otherwise, it should be 0. This value will appear in each time qualify byte of the data frames to indicate the validity of the timestamp.

Represents the number of seconds elapsed since first January 1970, commonly known as Unix epoch time. It means that it has to increment at each second. The GOOSE Publisher uses this signal to timestamp the outgoing packets. The more accurate this epoch time input will be, the more accurate will be the timestamp of the outgoing packets.

Represents the microseconds count within the current second.

Status

• stNum:
  This value is incremented, starting from 0, with every change of whichever of the objects contained within the GOOSE message.

• sqNum:
  This value is incremented, starting from 0, with every GOOSE message received without any modification to its objects' value. If any change is detected for whichever of the objects this count is RESET to zero.

stNum

This value is incremented, starting from 0, with every change of whichever of the objects contained within the GOOSE message.

sqNum

This value is incremented, starting from 0, with every GOOSE message received without any modification to its objects' value. If any change is detected for whichever of the objects this count is RESET to zero.

State

0 > Message reception has been stopped or first message has not been received yet.
1 > Reception is operational.
-4 > Message lost: the time-frame period between two consecutive GOOSE messages has overpassed TimeAllowedToLive parameter.
-5 > Message Out of Order: newly received message has a sqNum or stNum smaller than the previously received message. In other words, the current message is older than the previous one.
-14 > pcap library initialization error: verify if the Ethernet adapter is a valid interface configured for communication in the IEC 61850 network.

This input controls the transmission of Sampled Values messages. An input of 1 activates transmission and value of 0 disables it.

It is a vector of 4 voltages [Va, Vb, Vc, Vn] which are the 3 phase voltages and neutral voltage.

It is a vector of 4 quality values [QVa, QVb, QVc, QVn]. Each element represents a 16-bit value. The signification of each bit is described in the table below.

It is a vector of 4 currents [Ia, Ib, Ic, In] which are the 3 phase currents and neutral current.

It is a vector of 4 quality values [QIa, QIb, QIc, QIn]. Each element represents a 16-bit value.

The signification of each bit is described in the table below.

Validity

Good

0 0

0 0

Invalid

0 1

Reserved

1 0

Questionable

1 1

Overflow

TRUE

FALSE

Out of range

TRUE

FALSE

Bad reference

TRUE

FALSE

Oscillatory

TRUE

FALSE

Failure

TRUE

FALSE

Old data

TRUE

FALSE

Inconsistent

TRUE

FALSE

Inaccurate

TRUE

FALSE

Source

Process

0

0

Substituted

1

Test

TRUE

FALSE

Operator blocked

TRUE

FALSE

Derived

TRUE

FALSE

Sync

It is a binary value (0 or 1) that represents the synchronization state of the timestamp. If the timestamp is synchronized with an accurate external source such as a GPS, the value applied to this signal should be set 1 and otherwise, it should be 0. This value will appear in the smpSynch attribute of SV messages.

Seconds

Represents the second increment, which may be the epoch time (see above), as well as a counter of a period of one second. It means that it has to increment at each second. The Sampled Values Publisher uses this value to set the attribute smpCnt in SV messages. The more accurate this epoch time input will be, the more accurate will be the timestamp of the outgoing packets.