What is BS EN 60870-5-102 - Companion standards about?
BS EN 60870 is a series on telecontrol equipment and systems. Telecontrol equipment and systems an electronic device used to operate another device from a distance, usually wirelessly. BS EN 60870-5-102 serves as a companion standard for the transmission of integrated totals in electric power systems based on the series of international standards IEC 870-5.
The purpose of BS EN 60870-5-102 is to standardize the transmission of integrated totals representing the amount of electrical energy transferred between power utilities or between a power utility and independent producers on a high voltage (HV) or medium voltage (MV) network as a part of EMS (energy management systems) functionality.
Note: BS EN 60870-5-102 is not concerned with the low voltage (LV) networks or the interfaces to the energy consumption meters themselves.
Who is BS EN 60870-5-102 - Companion standards for?
BS EN 60870-5-102 on companion standards is useful for:
- Telecommunication equipment manufacturers
- Telecommunication component manufacturers
- Design engineers
- Quality control personnel
Why should you use BS EN 60870-5-102 - Companion standards?
Telecontrol equipment and systems function best when used from a short distance. BS EN 60870-5-102 states that in general the values of integrated totals are transmitted at periodic intervals to update the energy interchanged between utilities or between heavy industry and utilities. The periodically received information is used for supervisory and control purposes of energy distribution in wide area networks. The defined data transmission protocol specifies particular means of security against corruption of the transmitted application data from source to destination. Upgraded provisions of data integrity are desirable because interchange accounting may be based on the correct transfer of this information.
A companion standard adds semantics to the definitions of the basic standard or a functional profile. This may be expressed by defining particular uses for information objects or by defining additional information objects, service procedures and parameters of the basic standard. Companion standards do not alter the standards to which they refer but make explicit the relationship between those used together for a specific domain of activity. Using BS EN 60870-5-102 you can specify companion standards for the transmission of integrated totals in electric power systems based on the series of international standards IEC 870-5.
