ProSoft Technology PLX8X-MNET-61850 - Manual (Page 172)

Reference PLX8x-MNET-61850 ♦ Communication Gateway
User Manual Modbus TCP/IP to IEC 61850
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May 14, 2014
6.6.5 Additional Advantages to Substation Configuration
Description Language (SCL)
 ICD files list the functionality (via Logical Nodes) and data objects (Data
Attributes) available for the IED
 The device’s ICD files list the communication service capabilities of the IED,
e.g. is File Transfer supported
 The ICD tells what’s in the DATA-SETs.
 It lists the Report Control Blocks, and if the DATA-SET for it can by
dynamically assigned.
 When gathering data from the IED for archiving purposes, the database is
simply built because of the descriptive names coming from the devices.