Seminars and training

NettedAutomation and UTInnovation have dramatically increased the numbers of courses starting 2007.

The power utility industry (and many other markets) are in the process of one of the most crucial changes in history:

process of introducing decentralized power resources speeds up
aging of primary and secondary equipment
increasing challenges with information integration at all levels - from substation to control centers
advanced automation, IT, and communication systems
several new power system standards just published
aging workforce
less students studying power system technology
deregulation requires more flexibility
increasing need for gateways, RTUs, data concentrators, proxies, ...

We have been asked to provide our comprehensive experience and knowledge to the power industry to help keeping the lights on.

To meet the various and special requirements best we offer two ways to train people most efficiently:

Public and in-house Seminars:

Public: content (covering general introduction into power system automation, IEC 61850, IEC 61970, IEC 61400-25, IEC 60870-5-101/104, ...)
In-house: seminar contents on request (focusing on special modules from the list of modules)

Example of training Program for 3 1/2 days in-house course for a power plant DCS vendor [0.5 MB, pdf]

Training modules for seminars (for public and in-house)

The following modules are offered by NettedAutomation and UTInnovation. The list represents the most crucial seminar content asked for during the last months. This list allows to meet the special needs of any audiance. [all modules - updated 2009-02-19, pdf]

If you want to attend a public course: check available locations and dates

If you prefer an in-house course: check here

NettedAutomation and UTInnovation training courses offer a comprehensive list of modules:

Modul	Topic	Title / description
0. General
Prep	Get prepared in some crucial topics in order to run the courses more efficiently	In preparation for the training we send selected material to all registered people some three weeks prior to the event. What is a model, a protocol, MMS, an interface, ASN.1, XML, ... Ethernet?
Q&A	Question & Answers examples ...	All attendees are requested to provide questions some two weeks prior to the event. Questions will be answered and discussed during the course.
S-0000	Welcome and opening	Welcome, opening, rall call, and IEC 61850 in brief
S-0001	Summary	Summary and next steps
1. Management and automation of the power system - basics
S-0100	Power system automation basics	Basics of power system information integration and automation covering control centers, substations, power generation, ...
S-0101	Standardization	IEC activities related to power system standardization, IEC TC 57 and TC 88 activities, IEEE
S-0102	System design and specification	Introduction to specification, availability considerations
S-0103	System migration concepts	Stepwise migration from existing systems to solutions compliant to standards, project and migration planning, ...
S-0104	Security	Secure communication (data on travel) and data stored (IEC 62351)
S-0105	System management	Revision control, asset management
S-0106	Testing devices and systems	Test coverage and steps towards system testing and simulation (from devices to systems)
2. IEC 61850 (and IEC 61400-25) basics
S-0200	IEC 61850 series - overview	Communication networks and systems in substations: general introduction on whole series
S-0201	IEC 61850 Application modeling principles	Modeling protection, substation automation, other applications (Logical nodes, data and data attributes, function modeling, extension of the models, monitoring)
S-0202	IEC 61850-6 engineering process	Engineering process using the configuration language
S-0203	Communication	Information exchange, ACSI, mappings
S-0204	Implementation of IEC 61850 conformant devices and tools	Device models, design of advanced IEDs, software and hardware architectures, OEM software
S-0205	Device conformance testing	Conformance testing of devicesaccooding to IEC 1850-710
S-0206	Extension rules IEC 61850	The extension rules for Logical Nodes, Data, and Common Data Classes
S-0207	Substation configuration language (SCL)	System configuration language: basics and details; Engineering process and SCL, SCL object model, SCL syntax (IEC 61850-6 (SCL))
3. Substation automation and protection
S-0300	IEC 61850 modeling details	Modeling of protection, switchgear, metering and power quality equipment and other substation automation applications
S-0301	Applying IEC 61850 for substation automation - use cases	Use cases from substation automation like measuring of current and voltage, protection, operating a switch, creation of a sequence of events
S-0302	Product specifications for substation equipment	Implementation guideline IEC 61850-9-2 "LE", Product standard for switchgear with integrated IEC 61850 interface (IEC 62271-003)
S-0303	Substation automation system architecture	Communication architecture and topology, device architecture, impact of new technologies
S-0304	Substation to substation communication for protection and control	Interlocking between substations, listance protection, line differential protection, etc.
4. Power generation
S-0400	Wind Power Plants	Communications for monitoring and control of wind power plants - IEC 61400-25
S-0401	Hydro power plants (introduction)	Communications for monitoring and control of hydro power plants - IEC 61850-7-410
S-0402	Distributed Energy Resources	Communications for monitoring and control of Distributed Energy Resources (DER) - IEC 61850-7-420
S-0403	Hydro power plants (comprehensive) example course material ...	Communications for monitoring and control of hydro power plants - IEC 61850-7-410
5. Communication between field devices and system level and at system level
S-0500	Telecontrol protocols I	Fundamentals of Telecontrol equipment and systems - Part IEC 60870-5-101 and Part IEC 60870-5-104: Transmission protocols - Network access for IEC 60870-5-101 using standard profiles
S-0501	Telecontrol protocols II	Fundamentals of DNP3
S-0502	Substation to control center communication with IEC 61850	Fundamentals of the use of IEC 61850 between control centers and substations
S-0503	Inter control center communication (ICCP)	Fundamentals of the use of IEC 60870-6-TASE.2 (ICCP)
S-0504	Webservices	Fundamentals of the definition of Webservices specified in IEC 61400-25-4
S-0505	Comparison of protocols	Detailed comparison of the protocol suites listed under S-50 to S-54
6. System level applications
S-0600	IEC 61970 / 61968 series	Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API) / System interfaces for distribution management -- introduction
S-0601	IEC 61970-301 CIM	Energy management system application program interface (EMS-API); focus on Part 301: Common Information Model (CIM) and harmonization with IEC 61850
S-0602	Dynamic and static use of the CIM Model	Component Interfaces for information exchange, use cases for the CIM: GID, EAI, Network models
S-0603	Tooling for the Common Information Model CIM	Available tools, platforms, experiences with power delivery systems. Overview of existing OS tools: CIMTool, Xpetal, CIMVT, CIMValidate, CIMSpy; Available commercial tools; Flaws and future tools
7. Communication for SCADA and protocol implementations
S-0700	Extracting data from field devices	General SCADA services - configuration of logs and reports (IEC 61850-7-2)
S-0701	Alarm handling	Fundamentals of special SCADA services (IEC 61850-7-2)
S-0702	Communication technologies	Fundamentals of Industrial Ethernet used for substations and beyond
S-0703	Information presentation and encoding	Fundamentals of UML, XML, ASN.1, ...
S-0704	Protocol basics	Fundamentals of ISO 9506 (MMS), Webservices, OPC XML DA, IEC 60870-5, DNP3
S-0705	SCSMs (specific communication service mappings) for IEC 61850-7-2	Mappings to MMS, Webservices, OPC XML DA, IEC 60870-5, and DNP3
S-0706	Demonstration of compliant software	Demonstration of IEC 61850 compliant client and server software
S-0707 (new)	MMS client and server implementation - the basis for IEC 61850	Comprehensive training on the implementation of MMS clients and servers for all basic servcies required by IEC 61850-7-2 and TASE.2: Association, NamedVariable, NamedVariableList, Read, Write, Information Report, ... 1 to 3 day course
S-0708 (new)	ICCP (IEC 60870-6 TASE.2 Protocol)	Use of MMS for realizing the TASE.2 services
8. Products and projects
S-0800	Practical experience	IEC 61850 devices, tools, and projects in reality; penetration of IEC 61850 (61400-25) in the market
S-0801	Tool support	Tools supporting IEC 61850, SCL, IEC 61400-25, Ethernet, TCP/IP, MMS, ASN.1
S-0802	User support	UCA international users group, quality measures and TISSUE process
S-0803	Current and future standardization	Introduction of current and future application domains using and extending IEC 61850; Update on ongoing and planned standardization activities
S-0804	SCL demo with compliant software	Use of SCL files for building data model in an IED, extension of model (new data); including live demonstration
S-0805	Products offered by major vendors	Market situation, what is the situatrion on the market?
S-0806	Multivendor projects and turn key projects of single vendor	Experiences after two years substation automation and protection with IEC 61850; turn key projects, ... User’s view and requirements for the future. Are the users’ expectations met?

[all modules - updated 2007-09-03, pdf]

Additional modules for hands-on training for in-house courses

The following modules can be selected to compose a hands-on training. The list represents the most crucial training content asked for during the last years. This list allows to meet the special needs of any audiance.

Modul	Topic	Title / description
H-20	Extended modeling of non-standardized information	Build your own extended model The use of the extension rules of IEC 61850 to model application information outside standards
H-30	Design and engineering of a substation	Engineering of substations, IEDs and other systems using SCL tools
H-31	Real models	Analysis of existing real models; design of the model for your application
H-70	Device communication	Analyzing the communication according to IEC 61850: client-server, GOOSE, SV; communication testing
H-71	IED communication	Training of the use of communication services (ACSI) using a common IED Browser in practice

If you want to attend a public course: check available locations and dates

If you prefer an in-house course: check here

Recent events

0. General

1. Management and automation of the power system - basics

4. Power generation

Feedback from attendees, list of companies, countries, and pictures (updated 2006-04-01) [pdf, 1.6 MB]

Feedback from attendees, list of companies, countries, and pictures
(updated 2006-04-01) [pdf, 1.6 MB]