For an IEC 60870-5 Direct Outstation to become functional (online), you need to configure these properties:
- Specify the Outstation Set (Outstation tab)
- Specify the outstation’s Common Address (IEC 60870-5 tab)
- Specify the outstation’s Link Address (IEC 60870-5 tab)
- For each outstation that communicates using the IEC 60870-5-104 protocol, or is network-connected to Geo SCADA Expert, you need to specify the Host Address(es) and Port(s) on the Network tab.
(Port number 2404 is the TCP port that is registered for IEC 60870-5-104 use with the IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority).)
These are the minimum requirements for configuring a functional IEC 60870-5 direct outstation.
For an IEC 60870-5 Shared Outstation to become functional (online) you need to configure the above properties, plus the properties on the Shared tab.
For an IEC 60870-5 Logical Outstation to become functional (online), you need to configure these properties:
- Specify the Outstation Set (Outstation tab)
- Specify the Logical outstation’s Parent outstation (Remote tab)
- Specify the outstation’s Common Address (IEC 60870-5 tab).
These are the minimum requirements for configuring a functional IEC 60870-5 logical outstation.
With either type of outstation, you also need to put the outstation In Service and save the configuration. This will result in a functional IEC 60870-5 outstation that uses the default configuration settings.