During the passed year 2025 the license to INFO TECH IEC 61850 Software Library was purchased by 2 new customers.  And 7 of our long term customers-licensees purchased upgrades of  INFO TECH IEC 61850 Software Library to ensure the proper support of Edition 2.1 in their products as well as to be able to address the upcoming requirement of secure IEC 61850 communication based on the IEC 62351 standard.

We also supplied new versions of our tools for testing, simulation and system configuration support: 61850 Avenue, 61850 GOOSE System Viewer, 61850 SCL Runner and 61850 SCD Builder. Now the number of diferent companies licensing our tools exceeds 130 and the toolset users subscribe for the continuation of the license software updates and technical support.

It is worth to mention that in 2025 our offer of the trainings on the IEC 61850 based communication received again an outstanding market response, resulting in 5 residential courses and 2 remote courses. 

There happened also numerous consultation services to resolve specification, configuration and communication issues in the deployed installations and to test the IEC 61850 Ed.2.1 conformance of customer products.

Last but not least, we are especially proud that INFO TECH expertise in the area of IEC 61850 based system design was appreciated and awarded by the Polish National Grid Operator (PSE).

Looking forward to the continuation of good co-operation during the year 2026 !

We are pleased to announce the release of version 2.1.18 of the 61850 Avenue toolset. This update includes several improvements, bug fixes, and two major enhancements aimed at improving usability and flexibility in testing and visualization.

Key capabilities include:

• New Process Data View layout: The Process Data View has been redesigned to improve clarity and usability. It now supports saving added items, allowing users to preserve their selected set of monitored data across sessions.

• New templates for Process View: Additional templates have been added to the Process View to support a wider variety of single line diagram (SLD) representations, improving adaptability for different installation types.

Additional Features and Fixes:

• In Process Data View, reference is now shown in a tooltip.

• Fixed exception occurring while editing SE values.

• Fixed model tree replacement issue when both GCB and Dataset share the same name.

• Functional naming fix: Added display of MMS name at the Logical Device level in the model view.

This release reflects our commitment to the continuous improvement of the 61850 Avenue toolset, addressing users feedback and following the evolving standards. Welcome to learn the details of the new release of the 61850 Avenue toolset.

INFO TECH testing and simulation tools for the IEC 61850 standard based communication are already licensed to approx. 120 companies and research institutions from 5 continents.

As a result of the market response to our newest offer of the IEC 61850 hands-on trainings during April, May and June 2025 we organized three training sessions on the IEC 61850 communication.

The first two sessions were organized as private events ordered by our customers. The June event was our regular open training session organized in Gdańsk each year since 2014.

A key topic of the IEC 61850 training courses in 2025 was the process of system engineering defined in the IEC 61850 standard, with the SCL file processing performed in co-operation between the product specific IED configuration tools (ICT) and the IED product neutral system configuration tool (SCT). This process, resulting in a complete system configuration description in one SCD file, was discussed in comparison to the frequently applied "short-cut" approach in which only ICTs are used and create a set of several proprietary CID files.

The theory was followed by an exercise of building a system configuration description (SCD file) from the descriptions of component IEDs (ICD files) and based on requirements on the data transfer using client-server and GOOSE communications. Our newest tool product, INFO TECH 61850 SCD Builder, was introduced for this purpose. Then the created SCD file was used to simulate the system devices using INFO TECH 61850 SCL Runner toolset and INFO TECH 61850 Avenue client tool. The created GOOSE binding and the resulting GOOSE data flow could be then visualized and monitored using INFO TECH 61850 GOOSE System Viewer tool.

These three training sessions gathered 35 participants from 9 companies and institutions - thank you very much! 

Our courses collected the following ratings in the evaluation scale from 0 (lowest) to 5 (highest):

Session in week 16:

Training material rated 4.6

Competence of instructors rated 4.9

Significance to participant's work rated 3.7

Novelty of acquired information rated 4.7

General evaluation of the training rated 4.4

Session in week 22:

Training material rated 4.9

Competence of instructors rated 4.9

Significance to participant's work rated 3.8

Novelty of acquired information rated 4.3

General evaluation of the training rated 4.4

Session in week 23:

Training material rated 5.0

Competence of instructors rated 4.9

Significance to participant's work rated 3.6

Novelty of acquired information rated 3.9

General evaluation of the training rated 4.4

We are excited to announce the release of version 2.1.17 of the 61850 Avenue toolset in May 2025. This update introduces a major new feature — Process View (PV) — which enables intuitive, graphical data visualization using a single line diagram (SLD).

Process View allows users to map selected data from server IEDs onto graphical elements of a single line diagram (SLD) representing the tested installation. This graphical interface brings the model to life and simplifies both real-time monitoring and control.

Key capabilities include:

• Assignment of Data Objects from IED data models to SLD elements

• Live measurement display for equipment like Current Transformers (CT) and Voltage Transformers (VT).

• Execution of control commands directly from graphical switching elements.

• Edit Mode for assigning DOs via selection or pasting object references.

• Support for multiple templates and light/dark modes.

• Zoom functionality for large installations.

• Seamless saving of all assignments within the current workspace.

Other improvments - smaller but valuable enhancements included in this release:

• Copy object reference command: Added a menu command for copying object references from both the server view and the object view.

• Improved SG (Setting Group) handling:

  • SGs can now be read individually.

  • SG editing can be initiated based on the currently selected object.

  • Scope of SG editing can now be limited for better precision.

• User feedback on SCL validation:

  • Clear messages are now displayed in the interface to improve troubleshooting, if SCL validation errors occur.

This release reflects our commitment to the continuous improvement of the 61850 Avenue toolset, addressing users feedback and following the evolving standards. Welcome to learn the details of the new release of the 61850 Avenue toolset.

INFO TECH testing and simulation tools for the IEC 61850 standard based communication are already licensed to approx. 120 companies and research institutions from 5 continents.