RUTX11 IEC 60870-5 — Teltonika Networks Docs

The information in this page is updated in accordance with firmware version RUTX_R_00.07.22.1.

Summary

IEC 60870-5 is an international standard that defines communication protocols for telecontrol systems used in electrical power systems and other industrial automation environments. It focuses on reliable, real-time exchange of data between control centers and remote terminal units (RTUs), protection devices, and other field equipment.

Supported Information Object Types table (IOT/TI)

Type	Dex	Hex	Description
ASDU_TYPEUNDEF	0	0x00	Not used
M_SP_NA_1	1	0x01	Single-point information
M_SP_TA_1	2	0x02	Single-point information with time tag
M_DP_NA_1	3	0x03	Double-point information
M_DP_TA_1	4	0x04	Double-point information with time tag
M_ST_NA_1	5	0x05	Step position information
M_ST_TA_1	6	0x06	Step position information with time tag
M_BO_NA_1	7	0x07	Bitstring of 32 bit
M_BO_TA_1	8	0x08	Bitstring of 32 bit with time tag
M_ME_NA_1	9	0x09	Measured value, normalised value
M_ME_TA_1	10	0x0A	Measured value, normalized value with time tag
M_ME_NB_1	11	0x0B	Measured value, scaled value
M_ME_TB_1	12	0x0C	Measured value, scaled value wit time tag
M_ME_NC_1	13	0x0D	Measured value, short floating point number
M_ME_TC_1	14	0x0E	Measured value, short floating point number with time tag
M_IT_NA_1	15	0x0F	Integrated totals
M_IT_TA_1	16	0x10	Integrated totals with time tag
M_EP_TA_1	17	0x11	Event of protection equipment with time tag
M_EP_TB_1	18	0x12	Packed start events of protection equipment with time tag
M_EP_TC_1	19	0x13	Packed output circuit information of protection equipment with time tag
M_PS_NA_1	20	0x14	Packed single point information with status change detection
M_ME_ND_1	21	0x15	Measured value, normalized value without quality descriptor
M_SP_TB_1	30	0x1E	Single-point information with time tag CP56Time2a
M_DP_TB_1	31	0x1F	Double-point information with time tag CP56Time2a
M_ST_TB_1	32	0x20	Step position information with time tag CP56Time2a
M_BO_TB_1	33	0x21	Bitstring of 32 bit with time tag CP56Time2a
M_ME_TD_1	34	0x22	Measured value, normalised value with time tag CP56Time2a
M_ME_TE_1	35	0x23	Measured value, scaled value with time tag CP56Time2a
M_ME_TF_1	36	0x24	Measured value, short floating point number with time tag CP56Time2a
M_IT_TB_1	37	0x25	Integrated totals with time tag CP56Time2a
M_EP_TD_1	38	0x26	Event of protection equipment with time tag CP56Time2a
M_EP_TE_1	39	0x27	Packed start events of protection equipment with time tag CP56Time2a
M_EP_TF_1	40	0x28	Packed output circuit information of protection equipment with time tag CP56Time2a

IEC 60870-5 Client

An IEC 60870-5 Client is a communication component in a SCADA or automation system that initiates and manages data exchange with remote devices using the IEC 60870-5 telecontrol protocol IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP). Note: IEC 60870-5-101 (serial) is not currently supported.

IEC 60870-5 Client general

This section displays IEC 60870-5 Client status information and allows to enable/disable the service.

Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off \| on; default: on	Enable/disable IEC 60870-5 client service.
Status		Status of service, whether it is currently running. If it is active, it will also show how long it has been running.

IEC 60870-5 Clients

By default, the client list is empty. To add a new client, click the 'Add' button.

After clicking 'Add' you will be redirected to the newly added client's configuration page.

General settings

Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off \| on; default: on	Check to enable this configuration.
Name	string; default: Client 1	Name of the client. Used for easier device management purposes only.
Period	integer [1..86400]; default: 60	Interval in seconds for sending requests to server.
Originator address	integer [0..100]; default: 1	Address used to identify the source of the request within the IEC 60870-5 system.
Timeout	integer [1..60]; default: 5	Time in seconds that the client waits for a response to an interrogation request.
Test*	-(interactive button)	Reads data from the IEC 60870-5 server.

*Response from the test button:

Connection settings

Field	Value	Description
Connection type	IEC 104 (TCP) \| EC 101 (Serial); default: IEC 104 (TCP)*	Client connection type.
IP Address	ipv4; default: none	IPv4 address of server.
Port	integer [1..65535]; default: 2404	Specify port number the server is listening on..
Link layer address	integer [1..65534]; default: 1	Unique address identifying a station on the communication link.
Device configuration	list; default: none	Which serial port configuration will be used for serial communication.
Server address	integer [1..65535]; default: 1	Server address of remote station.

Serial Device*

To add a new serial device, press the 'Add' button.

Field	Value	Description
Name	string; default: none	Name of the serial configuration. Used for easier configurations management purpose only.
Link layer mode	Unbalanced \| Balanced; default: Unbalanced	Whether communication is balanced (both can initiate) or unbalanced (only one initiates).
Device	; default:	Selects which serial port to use for communication.
Baud rate (USB)	integer [300..4000000]; default:9600	Data rate for serial data transmission (in bits per second (bps)).
Data bits	5 \| 6 \| 7 \|8; default: 8	Number of data bits for each character.
Stop bits	1\| 2; default: 1	Stop bits sent at the end of every character allow the receiving signal hardware to detect the end of a character and to resynchronise with the character stream. Electronic devices usually use one stop bit. Two stop bits are required if slow electromechanical devices are used.
Parity	Even \| Odd\| Mark \| Space \| None; default: None	In serial transmission, parity is a method of detecting errors. An extra data bit is sent with each data character, arranged so that the number of 1 bits in each character, including the parity bit, is always odd or always even. If a byte is received with the wrong number of 1s, then it must have been corrupted. However, an even number of errors can pass the parity check. None (N) - no parity method is used. Odd (O) - the parity bit is set so that the number of "logical ones (1s)" has to be odd. Even (E) - the parity bit is set so that the number of "logical ones (1s)" has to be even. Space (s) - the parity bit will always be a binary 0. Mark (M) - the parity bit will always be a binary 1.
Flow control	None \| RTS/CTS \| Xon/Xoff; default: None	In many circumstances a transmitter might be able to send data faster than the receiver is able to process it. To cope with this, serial lines often incorporate a "handshaking" method, usually distinguished between hardware and software handshaking. RTS/CTS - hardware handshaking. RTS and CTS are turned OFF and ON from alternate ends to control data flow, for instance when a buffer is almost full. Xon/Xoff - software handshaking. The Xon and Xoff characters are sent by the receiver to the sender to control when the sender will send data, i.e., these characters go in the opposite direction to the data being sent. The circuit starts in the "sending allowed" state. When the receiver's buffers approach capacity, the receiver sends the Xoff character to tell the sender to stop sending data. Later, after the receiver has emptied its buffers, it sends an Xon character to tell the sender to resume transmission.

Information objects

Field	Value	Description
Information object selection	All \| Custom; default: All	Should all information objects that are visible be saved.
Common address	integer [1..65534]; default: none	List of common addresses from which information objects will be read.
Scanning common address	integer [1..65534]; default: 1	Address from which information objects will be scanned.
Scan	-(interactive button)	Starts scanning with selected common address.

After selecting the "Custom" information object option and scanning the selected server, a new section appears "Selected information objects" with filled-in data from the server. Here you can manually add or rename object addresses from the scanned list or manually.

Field	Value	Description
Enabled	check box	Data will be pulled only from selected objects.
Name	string; default: none	Add name for object.
Object address	integer [0..16777215]	Address of object.
Common address	integer [1..65534]	Information object common address.

IEC 60870-5 Server

An IEC 60870-5 Server is a communication component implemented in field devices—such as RTUs, substations, protection relays, and data concentrators—that responds to requests from an IEC 60870-5 Client and provides real-time data, events, and control interfaces. It implements the server-side (outstation) role defined by the IEC 60870-5 telecontrol standards, including IEC 60870-5-101 for serial communication and IEC 60870-5-104 for TCP/IP networks.

IEC 60870-5 Server information objects

If the device doesn't have the needed capabilities for a specic information object, then that object won't exist.

If an error occurs while reading an information object:

For a M_IT_NA_1, then the value will be 0 and the invalid ag will be set
All other types, then the value will be 0 and the invalid and substituted quality bit will be set

Information object name	Address	Type	Writable	Needed capabilities	Description
Uptime (high 32bits)	1	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	High uint32 from uint64 uptime
Uptime (low 32bits)	2	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	Low uint32 from uint64 uptime
Unix timestamp (high 32bits)	3	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	High uint32 from uint64 unix timestamp
Unix timestamp (low 32bits)	4	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	Low uint32 from uint64 unix timestamp
Serial number (high 32bits)	5	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	High uint32 from uint64 serial number
Serial number (low 32bits)	6	M_IT_NA_1	No	None	Low uint32 from uint64 serial number
Selected modem index	7	M_ME_NB_1	Yes	Mobile support	Select modem when multiple modems are available
Selected SIM number	8	M_ME_NB_1	Yes	Mobile support	Select SIM slot when multiple SIMs are available
Signal strength	9	M_ME_NC_1	No	Mobile support	RSSI from modem
Temperature	10	M_ME_NC_1	No	Mobile support	Temperature in °C from modem
SIM statistics, this day, RX (high 32bits)	11	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this day, RX (low 32bits)	12	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this day, TX (high 32bits)	13	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this day, TX (low 32bits)	14	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 24h, RX (high 32bits)	15	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 24h, RX (low 32bits)	16	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 24h, TX (high 32bits)	17	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 24h, TX (low 32bits)	18	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this week, RX (high 32bits)	19	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this week, RX (low 32bits)	20	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this week, TX (high 32bits)	21	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this week, TX (low 32bits)	22	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 7 days, RX (high 32bits)	23	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 7 days, RX (low 32bits)	24	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 7 days, TX (high 32bits)	25	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 7 days, TX (low 32bits)	26	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this month, RX (high 32bits)	27	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this month, RX (low 32bits)	28	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this month, TX (high 32bits)	29	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, this month, TX (low 32bits)	30	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 30 days, RX (high 32bits)	31	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 30 days, RX (low 32bits)	32	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 30 days, TX (high 32bits)	33	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
SIM statistics, last 30 days, TX (low 32bits)	34	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 SIM data usage
IMSI (high 32bits)	35	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	High uint32 from uint64 IMSI
IMSI (low 32bits)	36	M_IT_NA_1	No	Mobile support	Low uint32 from uint64 IMSI
GPS UTC timestamp (high 32bits)	37	M_IT_NA_1	No	GPS support	High uint32 from uint64 UTC timestamp
GPS UTC timestamp (low 32bits)	38	M_IT_NA_1	No	GPS support	Low uint32 from uint64 UTC timestamp
GPS position, longitude	39	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	Longitude (~5–6 decimal precision)
GPS position, latitude	40	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	Latitude (~5–6 decimal precision)
GPS position, altitude	41	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	Altitude
GPS position, angle	42	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	Angle
GPS position, speed	43	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	Speed
GPS position, accuracy (HDOP)	44	M_ME_NC_1	No	GPS support	GPS accuracy
GPS position, satellites	45	M_ME_NB_1	No	GPS support	GPS satellites
I/O pin 1	46	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 2	47	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 3	48	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 4	49	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 5	50	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 6	51	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 7	52	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin
I/O pin 8	53	M_SP_NA_1 / M_ME_NC_1	Depends on pin type	I/O support	Configurable I/O pin

IEC 60870-5 Server general

This section displays IEC 60870-5 Server status information and allows to enable/disable the service.

Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off \| on; default: on	Enable/disable IEC 60870-5 server service.
Status		Status of service, whether it is currently running. If it is active, it will also show how long it has been running.

IEC 60870-5 Servers

By default, the server list is empty. To add a new server, click the 'Add' button.

After clicking 'Add' you will be redirected to the newly added server's configuration page.

General settings

Field	Value	Description
Enabled	off \| on; default: on	Check to enable this configuration.
Name	string; default: Server 1	Name of the server. Used for easier device management purposes only.
Common address	integer [1..65534]; default: 1	Common address of the ASDU. It is also sometimes referred to as the application layer address.
Enable spontaneous transmission	off \| on; default: off	Enable the transmission of spontaneous events. Will notify clients when an object changes.
Spontaneous information objects	List: Uptime \| Unix timestamp \| Serial number \| Selected modem index \| Selected SIM number \| Signal strength \| Temperature \| SIM statistics for this day \| SIM statistics for last 24 hours \| SIM statistics for this week \| SIM statistics for last 7 days \| SIM statistics for this month \| SIM statistics for last 30 days \| IMSI \| GPS UTC timestamp \| GPS longitude \| GPS latitude \| GPS altitude \| GPS angle \| GPS speed \| GPS accuracy \| GPS satellites \| I/O pins (supported pins by device, can be found here default: All	List of information object for which spontaneous messages will be sent.
Enable cyclic transmission	off \| on; default: off	Enable the transmission of cyclic messages. Will send the current values of changes on configured period.
Cyclic transmission period	interger; default: 20000	Duration in milliseconds for how often cyclic messages should be sent.
Cyclic information objects	List: Uptime \| Unix timestamp \| Serial number \| Selected modem index \| Selected SIM number \| Signal strength \| Temperature \| SIM statistics for this day \| SIM statistics for last 24 hours \| SIM statistics for this week \| SIM statistics for last 7 days \| SIM statistics for this month \| SIM statistics for last 30 days \| IMSI \| GPS UTC timestamp \| GPS longitude \| GPS latitude \| GPS altitude \| GPS angle \| GPS speed \| GPS accuracy \| GPS satellites \| I/O pins (supported pins by device, can be found here); default: All	List of information object for which cyclic messages will be sent.
Configure I/O pins	off \| on; default: off	Manually specify which I/O will be available as information objects.
I/O pins	List: I/O pins (supported pins by device, can be found here); default: first pin	Input/Output pins

Connection settings

Field	Value	Description
Connection type	IEC 104 (TCP) \| IEC 101 (Serial); default: IEC 104 (TCP)	Server connection type.
Port	integer [1..65535]; default: 2404	Specify port number the server is listening on..
Allow remote access	off \| on; default: off	Allow access through WAN.
Link layer mode	Unbalanced \| Balanced; default: Unbalanced	Whether communication is balanced (both can initiate) or unbalanced (only one initiates).
Link layer address	integer [1..65534]; default: 1	Unique address identifying a station on the communication link.
Size of link layer address	integer; default: none	Size of link layer address field in bytes..
Serial device	; default:	Selects which serial port to use for communication.
Baud rate (USB)	integer [300..4000000]; default:9600	Data rate for serial data transmission (in bits per second (bps)).
Data bits	5 \| 6 \| 7 \|8; default: 8	Number of data bits for each character.
Stop bits	1\| 2; default: 1	Stop bits sent at the end of every character allow the receiving signal hardware to detect the end of a character and to resynchronise with the character stream. Electronic devices usually use one stop bit. Two stop bits are required if slow electromechanical devices are used.
Parity	Even \| Odd\| Mark \| Space \| None; default: None	In serial transmission, parity is a method of detecting errors. An extra data bit is sent with each data character, arranged so that the number of 1 bits in each character, including the parity bit, is always odd or always even. If a byte is received with the wrong number of 1s, then it must have been corrupted. However, an even number of errors can pass the parity check. None (N) - no parity method is used. Odd (O) - the parity bit is set so that the number of "logical ones (1s)" has to be odd. Even (E) - the parity bit is set so that the number of "logical ones (1s)" has to be even. Space (s) - the parity bit will always be a binary 0. Mark (M) - the parity bit will always be a binary 1.
Flow control	None \| RTS/CTS \| Xon/Xoff; default: None	In many circumstances a transmitter might be able to send data faster than the receiver is able to process it. To cope with this, serial lines often incorporate a "handshaking" method, usually distinguished between hardware and software handshaking. RTS/CTS - hardware handshaking. RTS and CTS are turned OFF and ON from alternate ends to control data flow, for instance when a buffer is almost full. Xon/Xoff - software handshaking. The Xon and Xoff characters are sent by the receiver to the sender to control when the sender will send data, i.e., these characters go in the opposite direction to the data being sent. The circuit starts in the "sending allowed" state. When the receiver's buffers approach capacity, the receiver sends the Xoff character to tell the sender to stop sending data. Later, after the receiver has emptied its buffers, it sends an Xon character to tell the sender to resume transmission.

Information objects

Information objects transmit data from one or more data sources (can be a Modbus client, DNP3 client, M-BUS...) and write it to IEC 60870-5 Information objects.

To add new data source, press `Add` button:

Information object configuration:

Field	Value	Description
Enable	off \| on; default: off	Turns Object configuration on or off.
Information object name	string; default: none	Name of configuration.
Information object source	list; default: none	Client service which will be sending requests.
Information object value	list and permissions type; default: none	Request value and its permissions (Read-Only, Write-Only or Read-Write).
Information object range	integer [1..65535]; default: none	Specify the start index and count for the range.
Information object type	Binary \| String \| Bool \| INT8 \| UINT8 \| INT16 \| UINT16 \| INT32 \| UINT32 \| INT64 \| UINT64 \| FLOAT32 \| FLOAT64; default: Binary	Value data type.
Information object size	integer [1..255]; default: none	Size of the value in bytes.
Information object address range	integer [1000..16777215]; default: Binary	IEC 60870-5 Information Object Address range.
Type ID	1 - Single-point information \| 7 - Bitstring of 32 bit \| 11 - Measured value, scaled value \| 13 - Measured value, short floating point number \| 15 - Integrated totals (32-bit counter); default: 1 - Single-point information	IEC 60870-5 Type Identification.