We are excited to announce the release of the new version of 61850 Avenue toolset in July 2024. This new version brings several enhancements and features to improve the tool functionality and usability.

IEC 61850 client tool version 2.1.15:

• added column in Process Data View (PDV) to display the refresh method of data items,
• enhanced secure communication with TLS integration using the library v. 3.6.0,
• enables saving SSL session keys/secrets into a file,
• the toolset has been upgraded to .NET 8,
• added minor improvements and fixed detected bugs.

New column in PDV to display the refresh method of data items:

61850 ICD Editor:

• added filtering options in the LN editor,
• allows editing of the IP address and subnet mask via a dialog,
• SCL validation log placed beneath the editor window for easier access.

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 over 100 companies and research institutions from 5 continents.

During the IEC 61850 training sessions in May and June 2024 we applied for hands-on exercises the pre-release version of our newest tool product, IEC 61850 based System Configuration Tool for bottom-up design approach. INFO TECH 61850 SCD Builder tool allows to create system configuration description (SCD file) from the descriptions of component IEDs (ICD files) and in accordance with the system requirements on client-server communication, GOOSE communication and SV communication.

61850 SCD Builder can visualize the system under configuration in the IED models view, in the network view and in the GOOSE/SV data flow view.

All published editions of the IEC 61850 standard are supported: Ed.1, Ed.2, Ed.2.1 (Am.1Ed.2). The functional naming is supported.

We plan to offer commercial licenses to 61850 SCD Builder tool starting from September 2024 (after the summer vacation). The promotional price will be quoted till the end of 2024.

Presentation material of the 61850 SCD Builder tool  

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Special discount will be offered to schools and universities.

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As a result of market response to our newest offer of IEC 61850 hands-on trainings during May and June 2024 we organized three IEC 61850 training sessions.

The first session on May 21-23 was organized as a traditional open IEC 61850 training course taking place in LINTE² Laboratory in co-operation with Gdansk University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical and Control Engineering. All seats were booked ! Thus, for the additional interested customers we arranged two private training sessions in June.

A special topic of the IEC 61850 training course in 2024 was 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 40 participants from 7 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 21:

Training material rated 4.9

Competence of instructors rated 4.9

Significance to participant's work rated 3.7

Novelty of acquired information rated 4.1

General evaluation of the training rated 4.0

Session in week 23:

Training material rated 4.8

Competence of instructors rated 5.0

Significance to participant's work rated 4.0

Novelty of acquired information rated 3.7

General evaluation of the training rated 4.2

Session in week 25:

Training material rated 4.5

Competence of instructors rated 4.8

Significance to participant's work rated 3.8

Novelty of acquired information rated 4.5

General evaluation of the training rated 4.3

During the year 2023 the source code license to INFO TECH IEC 61850 Software Library was purchased by 1 new customer and 2 new customers decided to license our binary libraries for MS Windows platforms. While 5 of our long term customers-licensees purchased upgrades of the licensed INFO TECH IEC 61850 Software Library to ensure the proper support of Ed.2/Ed.2.1 in their products.

It is also worth to mention that the cybersecurity extensions of such protocols like IEC 61850 and IEC 60870-5-104 are no more the subjects of debates only! Upon the orders of our customers INFO TECH prepared the implementation of secure communication for both ends.

The licenses to our testing and simulation applications 61850 Avenue, 61850 GOOSE System Viewer, 61850 SCL Runner and tools from the ProTester family were acquired by 7 new customers while 30 customers purchased software upgrades and additional licenses.

Looking forward to the continuation of good co-operation during the year 2024 !