News on IEC 61850
-----------------
The first five crucial parts of edition 2 of the standards series IEC 61850 are
published for comments and ballot:

First committee drafts for vote (CDVs) of IEC 61850 Edition 2 have been
published:

- Part 6 (57/919/CDV) - Configuration description language (SCL) (ballot:
2008-07-11)

- Part 7-1 (57/942/CDV) - Basic communication structure - Principles and models
(ballot: 2008-10-10)

- Part 7-2 (57/945/CDV) - Abstract communication service interface (ACSI)
(ballot: 2008-10-24)

- Part 7-3 (57/953/CDV) - Common data classes (ballot: 2008-11-07)

- Part 7-4 (57/941/CDV) - Compatible logical node classes and data classes
(ballot: 2008-10-10)


New drafts for comments and vote of IEC 61400-25 Communications for monitoring
and control of wind power plants are published:

- Part 25-4 (88/318/FDIS) - Mapping to communication profile (ballot:
2008-08-01)
- Part 25-6 (88/316/CDV) - Logical nodes and data for condition monitoring
(ballot: 2008-10-03)

For more details see:
http://nettedautomation.com/news/n_80.html


Edition 2 and other standards define many new logical nodes and data objects:

IEC 61850 (2008-05)
    260 Logical Nodes
  1.600 Data Objects

IEC 61400-25 (2008-05)
     16 Logical Nodes
    270 Data Objects

IEC 62351-7 (2008-04)
    150 Data Objects

Total (2008-05)
    275 Logical Nodes (90 in 2003)
  2.000 Data Objects (500 in 2003)



News on IEC 61400-25 (IEC 61850 for wind power plants)
------------------------------------------------------
New drafts for vote (FDIS and CDV) of IEC 61400-25 Communications for
monitoring and control of wind power plants published:

- Part 25-4 (88/318/FDIS) - Mapping to communication profile (ballot closes:
2008-08-01)
- Part 25-6 (88/316/CDV) - Logical nodes and data for condition monitoring
(ballot closes: 2008-10-03)