Abbreviations - ABB COM600 Station Automation Series User Manual

COM600 3.2
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COM600 Station Automation Series
User's Guide
Term
Logical Node; LN
LON
LON Application Guideline for
substation automation; LAG
OPC
OPC item
Property
Report Control Block
SPA
SPA device
Substation Configuration Lan-
guage; SCL

Abbreviations

The following is a list of abbreviations associated with the Station Automation COM600
Series that you should be familiar with. See also 1.6, Terminology.
Abbreviation Description
AE Alarms and Events
ASDU Application Service Data Unit
BRCB Buffered Report Control Block
CET Communication Engineering Tool
DA Data Access
DMCD Data Message Code Definition
DO Data Object
GW Gateway, component connecting two communication networks together
HMI Human Machine Interface
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
Description
The smallest part of a function that exchanges data. A LN is an
object defined by its data and methods.
A communication protocol developed by Echelon.
A proprietary method of ABB on top of the standard LON pro-
tocol.
Series of standards specifications aiming at open connectivity
in industrial automation and the enterprise systems that support
industry.
Representation of a connection to the data source within the
OPC server. An OPC item is identified by a string <object
path>:<property name>. Associated with each OPC item are
Value, Quality and Time Stamp.
Named data item.
The report control block controls the reporting processes for
event data as they occur. The reporting process continues as
long as the communication is available.
ABB proprietary communication protocol used in substation
automation.
Protection and/or Control Product supporting the SPA protocol
version 2.5 or earlier.
XML-based description language for configurations of electrical
substation IEDs. Defined in IEC 61850 standard.
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