Communications System upgrades UCA protocol.
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Integrated Substation Communications System (iSCS) features Utility Communications Architecture (UCA) upgrade, which allows power utilities to access substation data with greater ease and flexibility. Generic Object-Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) agent provides high-speed communication of plant status changes over substation LAN. ICCP protocol has also been added.
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GE Power Systems Announces Upgrade to Integrated Substation Communications System
UCA Protocol Enhancement Developed
LAS VEGAS, NV-February 5, 2003-GE Power Systems announced today at the DistribuTECH Conference that its Substation Automation Solutions business has enhanced an existing protocol for its integrated Substation Communications System (iSCS). The Utility Communications Architecture (UCA) upgrade allows power utilities to access substation data with greater ease and flexibility, and increases the speed of distributing plant state changes. The improved protocol is available immediately from the business' manufacturing facility in Calgary, Alberta.
This upgrade also includes the release of a Generic Object-Oriented Substation Event (GOOSE) agent, which provides high-speed communication of plant status changes over a substation local area network.
"For end-users that are looking to improve the performance of their iSCS, the UCA protocol upgrade improves performance in several ways," said Carolyn Shockley, general manager for the Substation Automation Solutions business. "Communication effectiveness is improved through the use of standard data objects on a high speed local area network and by leveraging the power and functionality of the GOOSE agent. More importantly, it enables communication with third party devices from a variety of manufacturers," stated Shockley. "We also used this opportunity to add ICCP (the widely-used Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol, also known as TASE.2 or IEC® 60870-6) to our iSCS solution, permitting Energy Management Systems to access substation data directly."
For more information about the Utility Communications Architecture protocol enhancement, contact GE Power Systems product specialist Jim McGhee in Calgary at (403) 214-4505 or at jim.mcghee@ps.ge.com.
GE Power Systems was one of the first suppliers to demonstrate a Utility Communications Architecture implementation and continues to be a key contributor to the development and demonstration of this protocol suite. GE Power Systems is a national representative on the committees developing IEC® 61850, the international standard version of UCA 2.0. GE implementations include both IP and OSI versions of the protocol suite and support a wide variety of object models to ensure interoperability as the protocol matures. The GE Utility Communications Architecture Server application includes support for the ICCP.
About GE Power Systems
GE Power Systems (www.gepower.com) is one of the world's leading suppliers of power generation technology, energy services and management systems with estimated 2002 revenues of nearly $23 billion. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, GE Power Systems provides equipment, services and management solutions across the power generation, oil and gas, distributed power and energy rental industries.
For more information, contact:
Dennis Murphy
GE Power Systems
(770) 859-6948
dennis.murphy@ps.ge.com
