Measuring instruments Communication protocol
Measuring instruments Communication protocol
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Hi there,
I have being task to implement remote billing for couple sites which are scattered across the country (South Africa). I have a bit of a challenge, the about to be contracted vendor to build the interface between the instruments and the program to issue the invoices says they would like to work with instruments which have the IEC communication protocol. Does any one know about this IEC communication protocol and its advantages?
Thanks in advance.
I have being task to implement remote billing for couple sites which are scattered across the country (South Africa). I have a bit of a challenge, the about to be contracted vendor to build the interface between the instruments and the program to issue the invoices says they would like to work with instruments which have the IEC communication protocol. Does any one know about this IEC communication protocol and its advantages?
Thanks in advance.






RE: Measuring instruments Communication protocol
there are several iec protocol, named in short iec 101,103, 104 - latest is iec61850.
IEC 61850 is working over TCP/IP (same for 104).
From my point of view main advantage is it is IEC standard, that "should" make interoperability easier.
RE: Measuring instruments Communication protocol
Like ZapSib said, it would be most probably IEC61850.
http://www.61850.com/
RE: Measuring instruments Communication protocol
Also a good link is http://www.nettedautomation.com/
(no sponsoringship here).
regards,
Danny