IEC 61850-7-2:2010+A1:2020 applies to the ACSI communication for utility automation. The ACSI provides the following abstract communication service interfaces:
- abstract interface describing communications between a client and a remote server,
- and abstract interface for fast and reliable system-wide event distribution between an application in one device and many remote applications in different devices (publisher/sub-scriber) and for transmission of sampled measured values (publisher/subscriber).
Major technical changes with regard to the previous edition are as follows:
- data types not required have been removed,
- service tracking for control blocks have been added,
- security issues are solved by the IEC 62351 series,
- service tracking for control blocks have been added,
- the view concept will be according to the new work on role bases access (RBA),
- security issues are solved by the IEC 62351 series.
This publication is of core relevance for Smart Grid. THIS CONSOLIDATED VERSION CONSISTS OF THE SECOND EDITION (2010) AND ITS AMENDMENT 1 (2020). THEREFORE, NO NEED TO ORDER AMENDMENT IN ADDITION TO THIS PUBLICATION.