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8 SERIES PROTECTIVE RELAY PLATFORM – COMMUNICATIONS GUIDE
THE IEC 61850 CONFIGURATOR
CHAPTER 8: IEC 61850
Goose Transmission
The 8 Series relay has an IEC 61850 server and supports the GOOSE message scheme. A
maximum of three GOOSE control blocks can be added. The GOOSE Configuration has two
sections:
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Transmission
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Reception
GOOSE transmission configuration is described in this section.
Figure 8-12: Goose Transmission Screen
The GOOSE Transmission window has two screens.
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GOOSE Tx control blocks: The user can add the required GOOSE control block.
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Control Block Name:
The first character in the value of this attribute must be a
letter (upper or lower case). The rest of the characters must be a number, a letter
(upper or lower case) or a “_”. The maximum number of characters allowed is 32.
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Description:
The maximum number of characters allowed is 32.
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GOOSE ID:
The maximum number of characters allowed is 129.
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Ethertype App ID:
All characters must be numerical. The maximum number of
characters allowed is 4. IEC61850 Configurator allows characters limited to 0 to
9, A to F and it saves in the CID file the hexadecimal value (max FFFF).
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Multicast MAC:
6 pairs of letters (from A to F, upper case or lower case) or
numbers separated by colons.
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VLAN priority:
A number from 0 to 7.
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VLAN identifier:
The maximum number of characters allowed is 3. IEC61850
Configurator allows characters limited to 0 to 9, A to F and it saves in the CID file
the hexadecimal value (max FFF).