Patent ID: 8165841
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G01R,H04L,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A method of inspecting a configuration of an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) in a Substation Automation system, wherein configuration information about the Substation Automation system and about the IED is contained respectively in a Substation Configuration Description (SCD) or an IED Capability Description (ICD), and wherein the IED sends messages over a Substation Automation communication network to an intended recipient IED, the method comprising: intercepting, by a message interceptor, a message sent by the IED over the Substation Automation communication network and extracting standardized substation-specific data from the message; and analyzing the extracted data based on said configuration information about at least one of the Substation Automation system and the IED to inspect the configuration of the IED; wherein the standardized substation-specific data is data relevant to an operation of a substation or data concerning communications in the Substation Automation system.