Section 5
Glossary
615 series
Series of numerical IEDs for low-end protection and
supervision applications of utility substations, and industrial
switchgear and equipment
AI
Analog input
BI
Binary input
BOS
Binary output status
CB
Circuit breaker
CRC
Cyclical redundancy check
CROB
Control relay output block
DFC
Data flow control
DNP3
A distributed network protocol originally developed by
Westronic. The DNP3 Users Group has the ownership of
the protocol and assumes responsibility for its evolution.
DPC
Double-point control
EMC
Electromagnetic compatibility
EPA
Enhanced performance architecture
Ethernet
A standard for connecting a family of frame-based
computer networking technologies into a LAN
FCB
1. Flow control bit
2. Frame count bit
GUI
Graphical user interface
IEC
International Electrotechnical Commission
IEC 60870-5
IEC standard for telecontrol equipment and systems. Part
5 defines transmission protocols.
IEC 61850
International standard for substation communication and
modeling
IEC 61850-8-1 A communication protocol based on the IEC 61850
standard series
IED
Intelligent electronic device
ISO
International Standard Organization
LHMI
Local human-machine interface
OSI
Open systems interconnection
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