1. Testing of IEC 61850 Based Protection Systems
Notes
Dr. Alexander Apostolov

2. Questions Why are we testing? What are we testing?
What should be tested?
How it should be tested?

3. Quality Process

4. IEC 61850 Testing Requires good understanding of:
The functional hierarchy of the IEC system
The local and distributed functions
Existing testing tools
The purpose of the test:
Conformance
Type
Acceptance
Commissioning
Maintenance

5. Bottom-up Testing SFM FE1 FEi FEK Configuration Settings Control
Function
Boundary
FE1
FEi
FEK
Inputs
Outputs
Reports
Logs

6. Black-box Testing
Control
Reports
Outputs
SFM
FE1
FEi
FEK
Test
System

7. White-box Testing
Control
Reports
Outputs
SFM
FE1
FEi
FEK
Test
System

8. Conventional Test Setup
Network
Simulator
Waveform Record
COMTRADE file
Test
Computer
Test
Device
V I
52a
Trip
Notes
Multifunctional Protection IED

9. IEC 61850 Environment K R O LN W T E N Process Simulator Network
SAS N E T W O R K LN
TESTER
LOCAL USER
Process
Simulator
Network
Operator
Test
Arbiter
Timer
Scheduler
REMOTE USER
Operation
Engineering

10. Station Bus Test Setup Ethernet Switch Laptop Computer GOOSE or GSSE
IEC Based IED
GOOSE or GSSE
Trip
V I
Notes
IEC Based Test Device
Ethernet

11. GOOSE Subscription

12. Functional Testing

13. Process Bus Based Relay

14. Distance Protection Function Modeling

15. Distance Protection Functions Distribution
Distance Protection IED

16. Distance Protection Functions Distribution
Distance Protection IED
IOU MU

17. Distance Protection Functions Distribution
IOU
Distance Protection IED MU

18. Process and Station Bus Test Setup
Laptop Computer
Ethernet Switch
GOOSE and SV
Ethernet
IEC Based MU
IEC Based IED
GOOSE
V I
Trip
Notes
IEC Based Test Device
Ethernet

19. Test Scheme Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE GOOSE Ethernet
IEC Based IED
IEC Based IED
GOOSE
V I
Sending IED
Receiving IED
IEC Based Test Device
Ethernet

20. GOOSE and SV Test setup Laptop Computer Ethernet Switch GOOSE Ethernet
IEC Based IED
GOOSE
Notes
Trip
IEC Based Test Device
Ethernet

21. Merging Unit Test Setup
Laptop Computer
Ethernet Switch SV
Ethernet
IEC Based MU
V I
Notes
IEC Based Test Device

22. SV Comparison Test Setup
Laptop Computer
Ethernet Switch
GOOSE and SV
Ethernet
IEC Based IED
IEC Based IED
GOOSE and SV
Notes
V I
Trip
Trip
IEC Based Test Device
Ethernet

23. Test With Filtering

24. Top-down System Testing
Configuration
Settings
Control F1 F2 FL
SF1
SFi
SFN
SF1
SFP
SF1
SFM
FE1
FEi
FEQ
System
Boundary
FE1
FEi
FEK
Inputs
Outputs
Reports
Logs

25. Distributed Testing

26. Distributed Testing

27. The IEC 61850 Test Cofiguration
ICD
File
ICD
File
IEC 61850
Standard System Configuration Tool
Network
System
Simulator
Scheme Testing Tool
Other Test Modules
IED
Simulator
IED
Simulator
IEC 61850
Standard Test Configuration Tool
IED
Simulator
SCD
File MU
Simulator MU
Simulator
Notes MU
Simulator
Test Device