IEC 61850

General

Driver	Protocol	Protocol standard / version	Official protocol certification	Included in Base License Package?	Additional Licensing Requirements	License Key (Code Meter)	Operating System
IEC 61850 Driver	MMS over TCP/IP conform to IEC 61850-8-1:2011	IEC 61850-7-x, IEC 61850-8-x, IEC 61850-9-x; all Edition 2	✔	❌	IO based	IEC61850	Windows | Linux

Network

Driver	Encrypted communication to periphery device	Client Or Server / TCP or UDP	Default Port	Firewall Direction
IEC 61850 Driver	❌	TCP Client	102	outbound

Configuration Details

Driver	Recommended/technical limit of connections per driver	Multiple driver instances	Redundant network	Redundant devices	Special hardware requirements
IEC 61850 Driver	60 with 20 RCBs each (technical limit 200 connections in total)	✔	✔	✔	❌

Communication

Driver	Polling	Poll on use	Single query	Unsolicited communication	Driver redundancy: Only active driver polls	Buffering
IEC 61850 Driver	✔	✔	✔	✔	configurable	✔ (Only for BRCBs)

Engineering

Driver	Direct browsing of configuration/address data from connected devices	Import functionality of configuration/address data from external tools	Deletion of internal connection DP is supported
IEC 61850 Driver	✔ (Including live data preview for all tag address contained in data sets.)	✔ (Import and configuration of server (IED) connection parameters and preassigned RCBs.)	✔

Special Telegrams

Driver	Native alarm transfer from connected devices / PLCs	Connection establishment without active address
IEC 61850 Driver	❌	✔

Timestamps and Synchronization

Driver	Timestamp transfer from periphery device	Time synchronization (WinCC OA to PLC)
IEC 61850 Driver	✔	❌ (Driver is automatically synchronized using SNTP according to IEC 61850 standard. )