36 thoughts on “Library features”

1. Men-Shen Tsai March 29, 2014 at 2:14 am

   Do I need an IEC61850 compliant Ethernet switch (e.g., http://www.moxa.com/product/PT-7728.htm) in order to test GOOSE examples?

   Thanks

   Men-Shen Tsai
   1. Michael Zillgith Post authorMarch 29, 2014 at 9:59 am

      You don’t need a special Ethernet switch. These are just required to ensure real-time requirements in a LAN. To test GOOSE you can use 2 computers connected by Ethernet. You can also test GOOSE communication between different virtual machines on the same host or between a virtual machine and the host computer.
2. Men-Shen Tsai March 29, 2014 at 3:56 pm

   Thanks. I ran goost_publisher on Beaglebone Black (sudo ./goost_publisher_example) and goost_subscribe (sudo ./goost_subscriber_example eth0) on Raspberry PI. The two boards are connected to the same switch. On the subscriber console, the debug messages show:
   GOOSE message:
   —————-
   APPID: 4096
   LENGTH: 101
   APDU length: 93
   GOOSE message ignored due to wrong APPID value

   How can I fix the problem??

   Thanks.
   1. Michael Zillgith Post authorMarch 30, 2014 at 9:21 am

      goose_subscriber_example was not intended to be used with the goose_publisher_example but with server_example_goose. The goose_publisher_example uses another APPID.

      You can change the line

      GooseSubscriber_setAppId(subscriber, 1000);

      to

      GooseSubscriber_setAppId(subscriber, 0x1000);

      Then it will show that GOOSE messages are received when DEBUG is activated.
3. Men-Shen Tsai March 31, 2014 at 12:37 pm

   Thanks. It worked if I ran the goose server on BBB and subscriber on RasPi. But if I ran the programs another way, i.e., goose server on RasPi and subscriber on BBB, I got “Invalid PDU size”. The kernel of BBB is 3.8.13 and RasPi is 3.13.3. The Ethernet driver might cause the problem. I will check it up.
4. Wojciech April 4, 2014 at 8:22 am

   Hi,

   I ran “server_example1” or “server_example2” or “server_example3” on PC with Ubuntu 10 32 bit. On other PC, I ran programs (industry programs from other manufactures to testing connections) to connect with these examples and its is OK, but the problem is with General Interrogation (GI) reports. In order to work GI properly, I have to enable report, disable and again enable. Then GI starts working.

   These industry programs from other manufactures (Schneider, Omicron), work properly with other devices/programs with IEC61850.

   Best Regards,

   Wojciech
   1. Michael Zillgith Post authorApril 8, 2014 at 1:30 pm

      Thanks. I could identify the problem and will provide a fix with the next release.
5. Men-Shen Tsai July 6, 2014 at 11:41 am

   I am trying to modify server_example_goose to pass the binary/status with time tag. I added few lines of code in the while(running) loop:
   
uint64_t timestamp = Hal_getTimeInMs();
IedServer_lockDataModel(iedServer);

   IedServer_updateBooleanAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_SPCSO1_stVal, status);
   status= !status;
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer,IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_SPCSO1_t, timestamp);

   IedServer_unlockDataModel(iedServer);

   However, it has no effect of the values in goose frame. The subscriber always shows null value as
   
GOOSE message:
----------------
APPID: 1000
LENGTH: 125
APDU length: 117
parseGoosePayload()
Found gocbRef
gocbRef is matching!
Found timeAllowedToLive 1500
Found dataSet
Found timestamp t: 327
Found stNum: 1915
Found sqNum: 1
Found simulation: 0
Found confRev: 2
Found ndsCom: 0
Found number of entries: 4
Found all data with length: 12
found boolean
value: (null)
found boolean
value: (null)
found boolean
value: (null)
found boolean
value: (null)
GOOSE event:
stNum: 1915 sqNum: 1
timeToLive: 1500
timestamp: 1404646593593

   What do I need to do so I can pass a binary value with time stamp using GOOSE?

   Thanks.
   1. Michael Zillgith Post authorJuly 17, 2014 at 5:48 pm

      Sorry but I cannot reproduce the problem. For me transmission of timestamp works. Is the timestamp included in the data set?
6. Men-Shen Tsai August 4, 2014 at 12:30 pm

   The content of time tag is correct; but the value (Boolean in this case) shows NULL even I had specifically called IedServer_updateBooleanAttributeValue() to specify the binary value.
7. Zhang Ye August 13, 2014 at 1:16 am

   My project is a embedded system which using blackfin(ADSP-BF536).Could I use the libiec61850? I need to wirte my own HAL,right ?
   The second problem is how many resources about hardware the libiec61850 will be cost ? RAM cost ? ROM cost ?
   Thank you very much.
8. Men-Shen Tsai September 11, 2014 at 5:34 am

   To use the report function, I modified server_example3.c as following:
   
while (running) {
uint64_t timestamp = Hal_getTimeInMs();

   t += 0.1f;

   float an1 = sinf(t);
   float an2 = sinf(t + 1.f);
   float an3 = sinf(t + 2.f);
   float an4 = sinf(t + 3.f);

   IedServer_lockDataModel(iedServer);

   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn1_mag_f, an1);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn1_t, timestamp);
   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn2_mag_f, an2);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn2_t, timestamp);
   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn3_mag_f, an3);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn3_t, timestamp);
   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn4_mag_f, an4);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_AnIn4_t, timestamp);

   
   if (an1 > 0.8) status = true; else status = false;
   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_SPCSO1_stVal, status);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_SPCSO1_t, timestamp);
   IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_Ind1_stVal, status);
   IedServer_updateUTCTimeAttributeValue(iedServer, IEDMODEL_GenericIO_GGIO1_Ind1_t, timestamp);

   
IedServer_unlockDataModel(iedServer);
Thread_sleep(100);
}


   In the client, I enabled the report function by setting simpleIOGenericIO$LLN0$RP$EventsIndexed01$RptEna to true.

   The SPCSO1$stVal is updated accordingly. But the time stamp, SPCSO1$t, is never updated. To compare the values, Ind1 is polled every 500 mS. The stVal and t of Ind1 are updated accordingly.
   Question: What do I need to do so the time stamp can also be updated?

   Thanks.
   1. Michael Zillgith Post authorSeptember 21, 2014 at 8:44 pm

      I wonder why you are using the IedServer_updateFloatAttributeValue to update the SPCSO1.stVal since this is defined to be a boolean value and not as a float. Anyway the timestamp update should work. Do you mean the timestamp is really not updated – so doing a read the value doesn’t change? Or do you mean the report is not triggered when t changes?
9. Varun Nalwa June 26, 2015 at 8:23 am

   The Library works flawlessly on my Windows7 machine for MMS.
   Addition of Winpcap also allowed to read/write GOOSE messages!
   No problems whatsoever…
   Awesome work!
   Thanks!
10. leshich November 10, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    Hi!
    It would be very intresting to see the implementation of services SendMSVMessage/SendUSVMessage of the IEC61850-9-2. Sending analog voltage/current measures in real-time over Ethernet might be a popular task. Do you have such a plan?
    Thanks.
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorNovember 10, 2015 at 2:07 pm

       Thanks for the hint. Support for IEC 61850-9-2 is in the pipeline. So expect this to be part of one of the next upcoming releases.
11. JOSEPH BOIKE January 14, 2016 at 4:54 pm

    I looking into adding PMU functionality into a product.
    Will this library support IEC 61850-90-5?
    Thanks,
12. John Steink January 21, 2016 at 6:17 pm

    Hello,
    I’m starting to change some examples codes. I’m working on Linux.
    I usually feel more confortable using an IDE, and I’m using Qt Creator (3.5.1) at the moment.

    Do you use any IDE at all on Linux?

    Opening an existing project with CMakeLists.txt has not been straightforward.
    For instance, .h files are not seen. I’d need to include them manually.

    Also, I’m no able to use code completion, function highlighting etc.

    In short, how do you usually code in Linux for the libIEC project, please?

    Tx in advance
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorJanuary 22, 2016 at 11:40 am

       Hi,
       I am using eclipse. Setting up a project manually with existing code is quite easy. But I use the IDE only as an editor with powerful code completion and refactoring capabilities. For building/debugging I use make, gdb and other command line tools. Actually I am using cmake only to build the project files for the visual studio tools on windows.
       1. Vladimir April 2, 2016 at 8:56 am

          Hello,

          I started to work with libiec library some time ago. I follow the same way, like you. I use eclipse and create project with option “Makefile Project with Existing Code”. Everything is fine. But. I would like to add functionality from new C++ release. I mean C++11 standard. Please, explain how to do this.

          Thanks!
13. Memo February 15, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    Hi, I am setting up server – client examples for testing goose messages. The libraries work fine with loopback but when I am trying to send the messages to eth0 I am not receiving on the other side. I have the server running on a Ubuntu (virtual machine) and the client on raspberry pi. I am using wireshark to track the messages but even when the server is sending the packages there is nothing in the client side…what could be the problem? I am using server_example_goose with goose_subscriber.

    thank you

    Memo
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorFebruary 16, 2016 at 8:26 am

       Hi! It is difficult to say. The GOOSE messages contain VLAN tags when sent. Maybe the “virtual switch” of your VM is blocking it. You can use a tool like tcpdump to check if messages arrive at the raspberry pi.
       1. Memo February 16, 2016 at 5:01 pm

          Thank you for your replay…just one more question for now..do I need to open a ssh channel between Pi and my virtual machine in order to get the messages from the server? If I start the client from my computer using ssh I am able to get the goose messages and drop the client-server connections once I stop any of the services…I was expecting this to happen the same way if I start client and server on each side, separately….
14. muthana February 19, 2016 at 11:47 am

    Hi,
    When I try to use the Beagle demo example it gives me the fault “Segmentation fault” ?
    can you please inform what should I do I search a lot but many reason and solution nothing work!

    thanks
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorFebruary 19, 2016 at 1:18 pm

       Hi, I have seen that the static_model.c/.h files of the demo are not up to date.

       You have to recreate them by entering the demos/beaglebone folder and call

       java -jar ../../tools/model_generator/genmodel.jar beagle_demo.icd
15. Andrew March 28, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    Excuse me, can you help me? I don`t undastand how i can subscribe to more than one report.
    For example : in you example code client_example_reporting.c
    we subscribe only one report and than we waiting recive report

    while (running) {
    Thread_sleep(10);

    IedConnectionState conState = IedConnection_getState(con);

    if (conState != IED_STATE_CONNECTED) {
    printf(“Connection closed by server!\n”);
    running = 0;
    }
    }

    How we can subscribe to the next report ?
    I think we must use some thread, Is it true?
    May be Do you have some example ?

    Thank you for your concern.
16. Alexis Burbano October 20, 2016 at 6:36 pm

    Hi Michael,

    I have a question, ¿Where is the information about the IEEE 1588 protocol? I need a precision clock synchronization protocol for networked measurement and control systems but i know that IEEE 1588 is immersed in IEC 61850 .
    http://iecetech.org/issue/2016-05/Joint-IEC-IEEE-Standard-to-improve-substation-operation

    Thanks.
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorOctober 21, 2016 at 7:13 am

       Hello Alexis,
       the IEEE 1588 is referenced by the new IEC 61850-9-3 document but not specified there. It is stated to be a “profile” specifying the subset of IEEE 1588 to be used in conjunction with some IEC 61850 applications. An IEEE 1588 implementation is not part of the library. It has to be implemented by third-party hardware/software.
17. Alexis Burbano October 21, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    Thanks Michael,

    This library is a great job. I’m working for get clock syncronization together libiec61850.
18. Abdelbacet February 16, 2017 at 1:39 pm

    Hi ,
    What are the defects of using the threadless operation modes.
    Did you encourage me to use it or to use the other modes .
19. Alexis Burbano April 28, 2017 at 3:30 pm

    Hi Michael,

    I understand the relation between client and server,but I have a question about if with this library a Server can transmit some data to other Server (communication between same level servers).
    Thanks.
    1. Michael Zillgith Post authorMay 3, 2017 at 1:02 pm

       Hi Alexis,
       IEC 61850/MMS is a client/server protocol only. If a “server” application wants to access other server’s data it has to implement a client.
       1. Alexis Burbano May 4, 2017 at 3:11 am

          Hi Michael,
          When you say “it has to implement a client”, you mean about a independent client? or a client inside a server?.

          Thank for you answer.
          1. Michael Zillgith Post authorMay 4, 2017 at 8:18 am

             I meant your server application has to use the client API to connect to another server. In this case your application is client and server but there are two different MMS/TCP connections
20. Phiphat Tanapornchinpong May 15, 2017 at 1:31 pm

    I use Raspberry Pi 3 with libiec61850 .I do every thing in Readme file .I use Wireshark program for detect GOOSE Signal or SV Signal from Raspberry .I don’t see any GOOSE or SV Protocol from Wireshark

    Or Wireshark program can not do that ?
21. Peter Humaj June 20, 2018 at 9:08 am

    Hello, I’m trying to work with arrays. I can read the whole array as such, but is it possible to access individual components? The standard mentions (part 7.2) in 6.1.2.3 ObjectReference that
    The “(…)” shall indicate an array element

    I was trying this addressing, but without success.
    I tested also IED Explorer against your libraty examples. This tool uses “[]” to address the array items (when reading/writing) but WireSharks shows library replies with rejects( “Object-Non-Existent”).

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