Specifications

Applies to telecontrol equipment and systems with coded bit serial data transmission for monitoring and controlling geographically widespread processes; specifies rules for structuring application data units in transmission frames of telecontrol systems.
This publication is of high relevance for Smart Grid.

IEC 60870-5-6:2006 Specifies methods for conformance testing of telecontrol equipment, amongst substation automation systems and telecontrol systems, including front-end functions of SCADA. Facilitates interoperability by providing a standard method of testing protocol implementations. Is expected to minimize the risk of non-interoperability.

IEC/TS 60870-5-7:2013(E) describes messages and data formats for implementing IEC/TS 62351-5 for secure authentication as an extension to IEC 60870-5-101 and IEC 60870-5-104. The purpose of this base standard is to permit the receiver of any IEC 60870-5-101/104 Application Protocol Data Unit (APDU) to verify that the APDU was transmitted by an authorized user and that the APDU was not modified in transit. It provides methods to authenticate not only the device which originated the APDU but also the individual human user if that capability is supported by the rest of the telecontrol system.

IEC 60870-5-101:2003+A1:2015 Applies to telecontrol equipment and systems with coded bit serial data transmission for monitoring and controlling geographically widespread processes. Defines a telecontrol companion standard that enables interoperability among compatible telecontrol equipment. The defined telecontrol companion standard utilizes standards of the IEC 60870-5 series of documents.

This document was prepared by BC Hydro (BCH) to guide generator owners and proponents in connecting generators to the BCH distribution system at 35 kV and below. It applies to all generators, whether utility or non-utility owned, and these generating plants are referred to as a Power Generator (PG).