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Section 2
IEC 60870-5-103 overview
2.1
IEC 60870-5-103 standard
IEC 60870-5-103 is defined as a companion standard for the informative element
of protection equipment. While the official IEC 60870-5-103 standard dates back
to 1997, the protocol has its roots in the VDEW6 communication protocol from the
late 1980’s. A VDEW6 device can be seen as a subset of an IEC 60870-5-103
device but not the opposite.
IEC 60870-5-103 defines communication for a serial, unbalanced link only.
Communication speeds are defined as either 9600 or 19200 baud.
Standard documentation
This manual assumes that the reader has some basic knowledge of the IEC
60870-5-103 protocol and the standard IEC 60870 documents relating to the protocol.
Table 1:
Standard IEC 60870 documents relating to IEC 60870-5-103
IEC 60870
document part
Description
5-1
Transmission frame formats
5-2
Link transmission procedures
5-3
General structure of application data
5-4
Definition and coding of application information elements
5-5
Basic application functions
5-6
Conformance testing guidelines
5-103
Companion standard for the informative interface of protection equipment.
The IEC 60870-5-1…6 parts are also used in communication protocols like IEC
60870-5-101 and IEC 60870-5-104.
Interoperability and interchangeability
An IEC 60870-5-103 device can be interoperable and interchangeable, or only
interoperable. Interoperability means that any required application data in the
device, which can be coded into an IEC 60870-5-103 data type, can be mapped into
the IEC 60870-5-103 address space. This data is recognized by any IEC
60870-5-103 master.
Interchangeability means supporting the application data (informative elements)
whose semantics are pre-defined by the IEC 60870-5-103 standard. However, only
a very limited set of application data informative elements has been defined by the
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Section 2
IEC 60870-5-103 overview
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Communication Protocol Manual
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