DIN EN 61850-7-3:2011-08
EN 61850-7-3:2011
6.2.3 Detail quality
The reason for an invalid or questionable value of an attribute may be specified in more detail with
further quality identifiers. If one of these identifiers is set then validity shall be set to invalid or
questionable. Table 3
Table 3 – Relation of the detailed quality identifiers with invalid or questionable quality
shows the relation of the detailed quality identifiers with invalid or
questionable quality.
detailQual invalid questionable
overflow
X
outOfRange
X X
badReference
X X
oscillatory
X X
failure
X
OldData
X
inconsistent
X
inaccurate
X
overflow: this identifier shall indicate a quality issue that the value of the attribute to which the
quality has been associated is beyond the capability of being represented properly (used for
measurand information only).
EXAMPLE A measured value may exceed the range that may be represented by the selected data type, for example the
data type is a 16-bit unsigned integer and the value exceeds 65 535.
outOfRange: this identifier shall indicate a quality issue that the attribute to which the quality has
been associated is beyond a predefined range of values. The server shall decide if validity shall be
set to invalid or questionable (used for measurand information only).
EXAMPLE A measured value may exceed a predefined range, however the selected data type can still represent the
value, for example the data type is a 16-bit unsigned integer, the predefined range is 0 to 40 000, if the value is between
40 001 and 65 535 it is considered to be out of range.
badReference: this identifier shall indicate that the value may not be a correct value due to a
reference being out of calibration. The server shall decide if validity shall be set to invalid or
questionable (used for measurand information and binary counter information only).
oscillatory: to prevent overloading of event driven communication channels, it is desirable to detect
and suppress oscillating (fast changing) binary inputs. If a signal changes in a defined time (t
osc
)
twice in the same direction (from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0) then it shall be defined as an oscillation and
the detail quality identifier “oscillatory” shall be set. If a configured number of transient changes is
detected, they shall be suppressed. In this time, the validity status "questionable” shall be set. If the
signal is still in the oscillating state after the defined number of changes, the value shall be left in
the state it was in when the oscillatory flag was set. In this case, the validity status "questionable”
shall be reset and “invalid” shall be set as long as the signal is oscillating. If the configuration is
such that all transient changes should be suppressed, the validity status “invalid” shall be set
immediately in addition to the detail quality identifier “oscillatory” (used for status information only).
failure: this identifier shall indicate that a supervision function has detected an internal or external
failure.
oldData: a value shall be oldData if an update is not made during a specific time interval. The value
may be an old value that may have changed in the meantime. This specific time interval may be
defined by an allowed-age attribute.
NOTE "Fail silent" errors, where the equipment stops sending data, will cause an oldData condition. In this case, the last
received information was correct.
inconsistent: this identifier shall indicate that an evaluation function has detected an inconsistency.
12
B55EB1B3E14C22109E918E8EA43EDB30F09DCCB7EF86D9
NormCD - Stand 2012-08