Power Transmission and Distribution

Now one standard is lighting the way

for substation communication, worldwide
IEC 61850 – for more efficient power automation

Our highlights: The SIPROTEC protection relays and

Meet the standard the SICAM PAS substation control system – the

IEC 61850 first to support the IEC 61850 standard

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Substation bus

SICAM PAS and SIPROTEC –

The first complete system with
IEC 61850

IEC 61850 has been created by users and manufac-

turers alike. The internationally agreed purpose of
this standard is to obtain an integrated communica-
tion solution for substations. Users have access to
open systems based on Ethernet communication
technology. The object-oriented structure covers
protection and control functions and thus makes
substation management more efficient. Not just
short-term savings in operation and maintenance,
but also simplified engineering, reduced complexity
and long-term expandability will make you a winner
in tomorrow‘s energy market.

SICAM® PAS (Power Automation System) meets all

the demands of a state-of-the-art distributed control
system, and will continue to do so in the future. This
new substation control system from Siemens is of
open design and uses IEC 61850 as the communica-
tion standard between the bay and station control
levels. IEC 61850 supports direct data exchange
between bay units as well as inter-bay interlocks,
and provides a basis for vendor-independent system-
construction.

SIPROTEC® – the standard for numerical protective

relaying – has established itself in all applications
right across the market. SIPROTEC protective relays
and bay control units are the first to feature IEC 61850.
And all SIPROTEC 4 devices supplied since 1998 can
be upgraded to IEC 61850 by replacing the communi-
cation modules and updating the firmware. With
the substation configurator, which is part of DIGSI® 4,
SIPROTEC devices as well as devices of other manu- Meet the standard
facturers can be easily configured in accordance with
IEC 61850. IEC 61850
What are you waiting for?
The standard IEC 61850 for communication in sub-
stations has been validated and tested. It‘s ready and
available now.

Progress. It‘s that simple.

The information in this document con-

Siemens AG
Power Transmission
and Distribution
Power Automation Division
tains general descriptions of the tech-
nical options available, which do not
always have to be present in individual
cases. The required features should
therefore be specified in each individual
case at the time of closing the contract.

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