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Supported device types and versions



Protokol DNP3 is a telemetric protocol designed for communication of a master station (usually SCADA) with outstations (usually PLC, RTU, or other IED - Intelligent Electronic Devices). It was developed while IEC only worked on IEC60870-5 standards (IEC 870-5-101 and IEC 870-5-104).

DNP3 defines multiple object Groups (e.g. Binary Input, Analog Input, Counter) and multiple Variations for each object group (e.g. for Analog Input there are variations 32-bit with flag, 16-bit with flag, 32-bit without flag, 16-bit without flag, Single-precision floating point with flag ..). Each object is defined by a Group and Index (a non-negative number with the size of 1, 2, or 4 bytes).

At the same time, the DNP3 protocol classifies objects into 4 classes (Class 0 - static objects; Class 1..3 - dynamic objects with change registration). Similar to IEC 870-5-101 and IEC 870-5-104, DNP3 supports requesting all values ​​of a particular class (Poll request), in addition to the explicit reading of a particular group of objects with a specified variation (or possibly using variation 0 - automatic variation). When reading, it is possible to request the data of the whole group or to specify an index or the entire range of objects.

The following application functions are supported for the objects:

  • Read (1) - reading objects.
  • Write (2) - Single-phase write of objects (with numeric code confirming successful write or talking about write error).
  • Select (3) + Operate (4) - a two-phase write of objects that virtually excludes the possibility of error due to undetected interference on the line. Each operation returns a group, index, and write value in addition to the return code.
  • Direct Operate (5) - single-phase write of objects (except the numeric code, the operation returns a group, index, and write value).
  • Direct Operate Non Return (6) - single-phase write of an object without confirmation (least secure).
  • Enable Unsolicited Responses (20) - activation of sending spontaneous changes by subordinate stations.

The protocol also supports sending spontaneous changes by outstations - using the application function Unsolicited Response (130).

Data is sent as Data Link Layer packets, also called transport segments. One or more transport segments form an Application Layer fragment. The fragment can be sent as confirmed (Data Link Layer function code 3 - CONFIRMED_USER_DATA) or unconfirmed (Data Link Layer function code 4 - UNCONFIRMED_USER_DATA). The transport segments within one fragment are always confirmed - with the exception of the last one (Data Link Layer function code 0 - ACK).

Table 1: D2000 implementation supports the following groups and their variations:

Group
(highlighted can be configured for I/O tags)

Variations

Supported operationsNote
Binary Input (1)

Packed format (1)
With flags (2)

Reading (Read)Binary inputs
Binary Input Event (2)Without time (1)
With absolute time (2)
With relative time (3)
Analysis*Reporting of binary inputs' changes
Double-bit Binary Input (3)Packed format (1)
With flags (2)
Reading (Read)Double-bit binary inputs
Double-bit Binary Input Event (4)Without time (1)
With absolute time (2)
With relative time (3)
Analysis*Reporting of double-bit binary inputs' changes
Binary Output (10)Packed format (1)
Output status with flags (2)

Reading (Read)
Writing (Write, Select+Operate)

Binary outputs
Binary Output Event (11)Status w/o time (1)
Status with time (2)
Reading (Read)Reporting of binary outputs' changes
Binary Command (12)Control relay output block (CROB) (1)
Pattern control block (PCB) (2)
Pattern mask (3)
-Not supported yet
Binary Output Command Event (13)Command status without time (1)
Command status with time (2)
Analysis*Reporting of changes (results of third party commands)
Counter (20)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (3)
16-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (4)
32-bit w/o flag (5)
16-bit w/o flag (6)
32-bit w/o flag, delta (obsolete) (7)
16-bit w/o flag, delta (obsolete) (8)
Reading (Read)Counters
Frozen Counter (21)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (3)
16-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (4)
32-bit with flag and time (5)
16-bit with flag and time (6)
32-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (7)
16-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (8)
32-bit w/o flag (9)
16-bit w/o flag (10)
32-bit w/o flag, delta (obsolete) (11)
16-bit w/o flag, delta (obsolete) (12)
Reading (Read)Counters- values captured when the object was frozen
Counter Event (22)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (3)
16-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (4)
32-bit with flag and time (5)
16-bit with flag and time (6)
32-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (7)
16-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (8)
Analysis*Reporting of counters' changes
Frozen Counter Event (23)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (3)
16-bit with flag, delta (obsolete) (4)
32-bit with flag and time (5)
16-bit with flag and time (6)
32-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (7)
16-bit with flag and time, delta (obsolete) (8)
Analysis*Reporting of counters' changes when the object was frozen
Analog Input (30)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit w/o flag (3)
16-bit w/o flag (4)
Single-prec flt-pt with flag (5)
Double-prec flt-pt with flag (6)
Reading (Read)Analog inputs
Frozen Analog Input (31)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
32-bit with time-of-freeze (3)
16-bit with time-of-freeze (4)
32-bit w/o flag (5)
16-bit w/o flag (6)
Single-prec flt-pt with flag (7)
Double-prec flt-pt with flag (8)
Reading (Read)Analog inputs - values captured when the object was frozen
Analog Input Event (32)32-bit w/o time (1)
16-bit w/o time (2)
32-bit with time (3)
16-bit with time (4)
Single-prec flt-pt w/o time (5)
Double-prec flt-pt w/o time (6)
Single-prec flt-pt with time (7)
Double-prec flt-pt with time (8)
Analysis*Reporting of analog inputs' changes
Frozen Analog Input Event (33)32-bit w/o time (1)
16-bit w/o time (2)
32-bit with time (3)
16-bit with time (4)
Single-prec flt-pt w/o time (5)
Double-prec flt-pt w/o time (6)
Single-prec flt-pt with time (7)
Double-prec flt-pt with time (8)
Analysis*

Reporting of analog inputs' changes when the object was frozen

Analog Input Reporting Deadband (34)16-bit (1)
32-bit (2)
Single-prec flt-pt (3)
Reading (Read)
Writing (all functions)
Deadbands of analog inputs
Analog Output Status (40)32-bit with flag (1)
16-bit with flag (2)
Single-prec flt-pt with flag (3)
Double-prec flt-pt with flag (4)
Reading (Read)Reading of analog outputs
Analog Output (41)32-bit (1)
16-bit (2)
Single-prec flt-pt (3)
Double-prec flt-pt (4)
Writing (Select+Operate,
Direct Operate,
Direct Operate No Response
,
but not Write)
Writing of analog outputs
Analog Output Event (42)32-bit w/o time (1)
16-bit w/o time (2)
32-bit with time (3)
16-bit with time (4)
Single-prec flt-pt w/o time (5)
Double-prec flt-pt w/o time (6)
Single-prec flt-pt with time (7)
Double-prec flt-pt with time (8)
Analysis*Reporting of analog outputs' changes
Analog Output Command Event (43)32-bit w/o time (1)
16-bit w/o time (2)
32-bit with time (3)
16-bit with time (4)
Single-prec flt-pt w/o time (5)
Double-prec flt-pt w/o time (6)
Single-prec flt-pt with time (7)
Double-prec flt-pt with time (8)
Analysis*

Reporting of analog outputs' changes
(results of third party commands)

Time and Date (50)Absolute time (1)
Absolute time and interval (2)
Absolute time at last recorded time (3)
Reading (Read)Current time
Time and Date CTO (51)Absolute time, synchronized (1)
Absolute time, unsynchronized (2)
Analysis*Common timestamp **
Class Objects (60)Class 0 data (1)
Class 1 data (2)
Class 2 data (3)
Class 3 data (4)
PollRequesting values for all objects of the respective class
Binary-Coded Decimal Integer (101)Small (1)
Medium (2)
Large (3)
Reading (Read)Reading of 1,2 and 4-byte signed BCD numbers
Unsigned Integer (102)8-bit (1)Reading (Read)Reading of 8-bit unsigned numbers
Octet String (110)Variations 0-255 correspond to octet strings of 0-255 bytes in lengthReading (Read)
Writing (Write)
Reading + writing of octet strings
Octet String Event (111)Variations 0-255 correspond to octet strings of 0-255 bytes in lengthAnalysis*Reporting of octet strings' changes
Virtual Terminal Output Block (112)Variations 0-255 correspond to strings of 0-255 bytes in lengthWriting (Write)Writing to a virtual terminal
Virtual Terminal Event Data (113)Variations 0-255 correspond to trings of 0-255 bytes in lengthReading (Read)Reading from a a virtual terminal

* Note: Operation Analysis means that D2000 KOM can analyze the message and assign values to the appropriate I/O tag. For example, for a Binary Input Event (2) group, values are assigned to the I/O tags from the Binary Input (1) group.

** Note: The outstation can send object values from the Time and Date CTO (51) group, defining the Common Time of Occurrence (CTO) for subsequent events. Afterward, values with relative time are sent - Binary Input Event (2) and Double-bit Binary Input Event (4), using With relative time (3) variations.

Note: D2000 KOM supports sending a message with the writing type outside the range allowed by the standard - e.g. for the Analog Output (41) group, a write operation with Write (2) function can be configured.

The D2000 implementation also supports time synchronization (according to the parameters configured on the station) and browsing. Secure authentication is not supported.

Communication line configuration



Category of communication line:

  • Serial
  • SerialOverUDP Device Redundant
  • MOXA IP Serial Library
  • RFC2217 Client
  • TCP / IP-UDP: The IP address and UDP port of the outstation are configured on the line (the default port for the DNP3 protocol is 20000). The UDP port on the side of the D2000 KOM process is dynamically assigned. If it needs to be fixed, use the SerialOverUDP Device Redundant line.
  • TCP/IP-TCP: The IP address and TCP port of the outstation are configured on the line (the default port for the DNP3 protocol is 20000). The parameter Line number is not used, set it to 0.
    Note: if a TCP/IP-TCP line has all stations set to StOFF, TCP connection will be closed. Thus it is possible to control TCP communication from the event using a tell command STSTAT.

Communication line protocol parameters



Configuration line dialog box - tab Protocol parameters.
They influence some of the optional protocol parameters. The following line parameters can be set:


KeywordFull nameDescriptionUnitDefault value

MA

Master Address

Address of KOM process. The address must be a 16-bit number from interval 0-65 519 (other addresses have special meanings).

-1

SS

Serialized Stations

Serialization of communication with individual stations on the line. Serialization means that individual stations are queried sequentially (which corresponds to the situation of the stations on the serial line) to avoid conflict when multiple stations try to send a response at the same time. If a D2000 KOM process actually communicates with a single device that contains multiple virtual stations, or a device that is forwarding messages to other stations (in a way that prevents a conflict), or the channel is duplex (TCP, UDP), it is possible to disable serialization. Thus D2000 KOM process will send queries to all stations on the line and then wait for answers. Turning off serialization can speed up communication, but this will cause packet collisions and packet losses on lines with multiple stations where collisions are possible (such as RS-485).

-YES

BG

Browse All Groups

The parameter determines whether, in addition to Poll requests for individual classes (Class 0-3), requests for the explicit reading of all supported object Groups should also be sent. The reason for the explicit reading of Groups is that some objects may not be assigned to any of the classes, so Poll requests will not find them.

-YES

DTQ

Debug Timeout Queue

The parameter activates advanced debug information about messages in the time queue.

-NO

Communication station configuration



  • Communication protocol DNP3.
  • Station address: a 16-bit number from range 0-65 519 (other addresses have special meanings).

Communication station protocol parameters


The following station parameters can be set:

KeywordFull nameDescriptionUnitDefault value

PI1, PI2, PI3, PI4

Poll Interval n (-1=OFF)

Interval for sending Poll requests. It is possible to configure 4 different intervals and for each interval to specify the class to which Poll is sent (Class 0-3).
Each time a station is queried periodically (according to the settings specified in the "Time Parameters" tab of the Station type object), it is checked whether the specified interval has passed since the last Poll request was sent.
Note: In addition, Poll requests are also sent when the station reports available data (using the Internal Indications field that is present in the read/write responses).

sec

10 for PI1-3

600 for PI4

PC1, PC2, PC3, PC4

Poll Class n

The class to be queried within the n-th Poll request. There are four classes according to the standard:

  • Class 0 (static data) - the response to Poll returns static data of objects belonging to all Classes 0-3
  • Class 1 (event data high) - the response to Poll returns events (changes of values) of objects belonging to Class 1
  • Class 2 (event data normal) - the response to Poll returns events (changes of values) of objects belonging to Class 2
  • Class 3 (event data low) - the response to Poll returns events (changes of values) of objects belonging to Class 3

The default order for each parameter (Pol Class 1-4) is Class 1, 2, 3, 0. First, data (events) from the highest priority (Class 1, 2, 3) are read, then Static Data (for all Classes 0-3).

-Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Class 0

MF

Max Frame Length

The maximum length of the data packet sent by process D2000 KOM - Data Link Layer packet (also called transport segment). This is data in Header Block, i.e. fields Ctrl (1B), Destination (2B), Source (2B) plus data in Data Blocks (in each max. 16 bytes). The Start (2B) and Length (2B) fields in the header, and the CRC (2B) fields in the header and each data block are not included in the length. The parameter can be in the range 10-255.

Bytes250

MG

Max Fragment Length

The maximum length of the Application Layer fragment sent by the D2000 KOM process. The Application Layer fragment is a block of octets containing request or response information that is transmitted as one or more consecutive transport segments. The parameter can be in the range 15-1024.

Bytes512

RT

Response TimeoutTimeout for receiving a response to a request.sec10.000

RL

Reset Link States

Message sent to the outstation when establishing a connection. According to the standard, the message RESET_LINK_STATES (0) must be sent if confirmed messages are used (see Confirmation Mode parameter). If the parameter is set to NO, a REQUEST_LINK_STATUS (9) message will be sent.
According to the standard, REQUEST_LINK_STATUS (9) messages are recommended when using the DNP3 protocol on IP networks, i.e. within TCP and UDP messages.

-YES

RO

Read Only

If the parameter is set to YES, the station is in the receive-only mode (no messages are sent to it).

-NO

RC

Retry Count

The number of request retries (1-20), if the station is not responding, or its response is corrupted.

-3

CE

Com Error

The number of errors (missing or corrupted response) after which the station goes into a communication error.

-5

AU

Activate Unsolicited

The parameter activates the sending of spontaneous changes by outstations - function Unsolicited Response (130). The options are:

  • Disabled - activation is disabled
  • Class 1/2/3 - activation is performed by sending a message with function Enable Unsolicited Responses (20) to Classes 1, 2, 3

Note: Sending spontaneous changes by multiple stations e.g. on the RS-485 bus can cause collisions.

-Disabled

CM

Confirmation Mode

The parameter enables confirmation of messages sent by process D2000 KOM. If confirmation is enabled, the outstation must acknowledge each application fragment (by application function 0 - CONFIRM).
According to the standard, confirmed messages should not be used on IP networks, i.e. within TCP and UDP messages.
If confirmation is enabled, the Reset Link States parameter must be set to YES according to the standard.

-Unconfirmed

RSD

Receive-send Delay

The delay between receiving a station response and sending another packet. Delays can be used to artificially slow down communication (reduce/distribute the station's load).

ms0

RW

Read after Write

The parameter activates verification by reading a value after writing. Readings will only be performed for the I/O tags with Explicit Read configured and a Write Type that does not return a value, i.e. Write (2) and Direct Operate Non Return (6).

-YES

SR

Single Request Per Frame

The parameter disables the default cumulation of multiple Read and Poll requests within a single message. By default, the requests are cumulated until the data size reaches Max Fragment Length bytes.

-NO

SB

Status Bits Mapping

Mapping of status bits (if they are included in a received message) to the I/O tag value. Options are:

  • WEAK Attribute: Status bits are mapped to the WEAK attribute
  • Flags (FLA..FLH): Status bits are mapped to FLA to FLH user flags
  • WEAK + Flags: status bits are mapped to both WEAK attribute and FLA to FLH user flags
  • None: status bits are ignored

Different variations within different groups have different status bits. All except the ONLINE bit indicate a problem.

Individual groups and their variations have the following status bits:

(GXvY stands for Group X variation Y, GXvY-Z stands for Group X variation Y through Z - see Table 1)

G1v2, G2v1-3, G3v2, G4v1-3, G10v2, G11v1:

  • Bit 0: ONLINE
  • Bit 1: RESTART
  • Bit 2: COMM_LOST
  • Bit 3: REMOTE_FORCED
  • Bit 4: LOCAL_FORCED
  • Bit 5: CHATTER_FILTER (always 0 for G10v2, G11v1)

G20v1-4, G21v1-8, G22v1-8, G23v1-8: 

  • Bit 0: ONLINE
  • Bit 1: RESTART
  • Bit 2: COMM_LOST
  • Bit 3: REMOTE_FORCED
  • Bit 4: LOCAL_FORCED
  • Bit 5: ROLLOVER
  • Bit 6: DISCONTINUITY (always 0 for G20v3-4, G21v3-4, G21v7-8, G22v3-4, G22v6-8, G23v2-4, G23v7-8)

G30v1-2, G30v5-6, G31v1-4, G30v7-8, G32v1-8, G33v1-8, G40v1-4, G42v1-8:

  • Bit 0: ONLINE
  • Bit 1: RESTART
  • Bit 2: COMM_LOST
  • Bit 3: REMOTE_FORCED
  • Bit 4: LOCAL_FORCED
  • Bit 5: OVER_RANGE
  • Bit 6: REFERENCE_ERR
-WEAK + Flags

OF

Reverse Online Flag

Reverse mapping of the ONLINE flag. Since this is the only flag in the DNP3 protocol that means normal status (all other flags indicate problems), its reversion when mapping to the FLA flag may be useful (so the FLA flag is set if the ONLINE flag is 0, i.e. device is offline).

-NO

SF

Separate Frozen Counter

Enables separation of Frozen Counters namespace from Counters - i.e. I/O tags in the Frozen Counter (21) and Frozen Counter Event (23) groups will have separate addresses from the Counter (20) and Counter Event (22) I/O tags. According to the standard, Frozen Counters and Counters share a common space, but a specific implementation of the DNP3 protocol required this separation.

-NO

SE

Octet String Encoding

The encoding used to convert objects from Octet String (110) group to text strings. Supported encodings are:

  • UTF-8
  • ISO-8859-1 (identical mapping without conversion)
  • Windows-1250
  • Windows-1251
  • Windows-1252
-ISO_8859_1

DT

Debug I/O Tags

High level of communication logging with information about individual I/O tags.

-NO

I/O tag configuration



Possible value types of I/O tag: Ai, Ao, Di, Dout, Ci, Co, Qi, TxtI, TxtO, TiA, ToA, TiR, ToR.

Introduction

The I/O tag corresponds to one DNP3 object.

The minimum I/O tag configuration requires to configure the Group and Index parameters. Such an I/O tag must be placed in one of the dynamic classes Class 1-3, so that changes of its value are sent spontaneously or in a response to the Poll request.

Explicit Read must be configured for static data (assigned to Class 0) or for objects that are not assigned to any of the classes Class 1-3. For instance, according to the standard, objects from the Binary-Coded Decimal Integer (101), Unsigned Integer (102), and Octet String (110) groups may not be in Class 0, and the Analog Input Reporting Deadband (34) is not in Class 0, so its objects must be explicitly read.

When configuring explicit reading, a particular Variation can be specified (or keep the default value <Automatic>, which means that variation 0 is used). Furthermore, it is possible to configure the required address range with the Range parameter and optionally with the From and To parameters (a request generated by a single I/O tag can read data for multiple I/O tags that do not have explicit reading configured, or for items of a structured variable). Using the Read Period parameter, it is possible to configure a custom reading period different from the period specified in the station parameters.

If the I/O tag is of the output type, writing can be configured with the Write parameter. The Write Type parameter then specifies the application function, the Write Group parameter specifies the group and the Write Variation specifies the variation used for writing. If writing is configured for I/O tag, the Range parameter must be specified, and if a particular value of this parameter requires entering From and To parameters, they must have the same value.

The Disable parameter can be used to disable the I/O tag.

Figure - the configuration of I/O tag address for DNP3 protocol


A detailed description of individual parameters:

Address group

Group: object group to which the I/O tag belongs. The list of supported groups according to the standard is in Table 1 (they are supported if Reading is in the Supported Operations column).

Index: index of an object in the object group. An index is a non-negative number with a size of 1, 2, or 4 bytes. The Group + Index combination specifies the object address in the DNP3 protocol.

Disable: enables to disable the I/O tag, so that it will not acquire values ​​and, in the case of output I/O tags, writing will be disabled too.

Read/write parameters group

Explicit Read: enable explicit reading by the Read (1) application function. It is also necessary to configure the Variation, Range, and, depending on the value of the Range parameter, optionally the From and To indices.

Read Period: a positive real number that indicates the explicit reading period in seconds. If not specified, the period defined on the station is used.

Variation: a preferred variation (group-specific format) used for explicit reading. The <Automatic> variation is sent as a Variation 0 (according to the standard, the master announces that it does not have the preferred format and leaves the selection to outstation).

Range: the range of objects specified for explicit reading or writing. With explicit reading, it is also possible to retrieve all objects in a particular group or a range of objects. The values ​​read in this way will then also be assigned to the I/O tags that do not have explicit reading configured if the Group + Index matches retrieved data. Also, the read values can be assigned to items of a structured variable, if it is configured on the Destination tab.
The following ranges are supported:

RangeDescription
1-octet start/stop index (0)

Usable if both From and To are less than 256

2-octet start/stop index (1)

Usable if both From and To are less than 65 536 (recommended by the standard)

4-octet start/stop index (2)Usable if To is greater than 65 535

1-octet start/stop virt addr (3):

Indexing with a manufacturer-specific virtual address; usable if both From and To are less than 256

2-octet start/stop virt addr (4)

Indexing with a manufacturer-specific virtual address; usable if both From and To are less than 65 536 (recommended by the standard)
4-octet start/stop virt addr (5)Indexing with a manufacturer-specific virtual address; usable if To is greater than 65 535
No range (6)The From and To parameters are not used; it is used to retrieve all objects from the group
1-octet count of objects (7)

Usable for writing if Index is less than 256, the number of objects (1) and then Index are specified

2-octet count of objects (8)Usable for writing if Index is less than 65 536, the number of objects (1) and then Index are specified (recommended by the standard)
4-octet count of objects (9)Usable for writing if Index is greater than 65 535, the number of objects (1) and then Index are specified 


From, To: specifies a range of indices or virtual addresses for certain values of the Range parameter (0-5). The value of From parameter must be is less or equal to the value of To parameter. If writing is configured for the I/O tag, and the Range value requires From and To parameter to be specified, then their values must be the same.
Note: In practice, we have encountered DNP3 implementations that only supported writing with Range = 7, 8, and 9 (1/2/4-octet count of objects), i.e. they did not support writing specifying Range equal to 0, 1, and 2 (1/2/4-octet start/stop index) using From and To indices, even if they were set to the same value.

Write: enable writing operations function for output I/O tags. The parameters Range, Write Type, Write Group, Write Variation, and optionally - depending on the value of the Range parameter - also From and To must be specified.

Write Type: application function used for writing. The following functions are supported:

Write functionDescription
Write (2)

Single-phase writing of objects (with a returned numeric code confirming successful write or specifying a write error).

Select (3) + Operate (4)

Two-phase write of objects that virtually excludes the possibility of error due to undetected interference on the line.
Each operation returns a group, index, and written value in addition to the return code.

Direct Operate (5)Single-phase write of objects. It returns a group, index, and written value in addition to the return code.

Direct Operate Non Return (6)

Single-phase write of an object without acknowledgment (the least secure but with the least load on the communication medium).

Table 1 in the Supported Operations column for Write operation indicates which application functions are in compliance with the standard. Our implementation permits using application functions beyond the standard if a specific device supports them.

Write Group: object group used for writing. The list of supported groups according to the standard is in Table 1 (writing is supported if Writing is in the Supported Operations column).

Write Variation: variation used for writing. The list of supported variations for individual groups according to the standard is shown in Table 1 in the Variations column (writing is supported if Writing is in the Supported Operations column).


Browse

For the I/O tags, it is possible to discover the list of objects and their data types, as long as the KOM process is running and communication with an outstation is established.
Clicking the Browse button opens the DNP3 Item Browser window and displays a list of objects that have been read so far. The object list is created dynamically as a result of received messages (responses to Read and Poll requests as well as spontaneously arrived values).

At the same time - if the Browse All Groups parameter is set to YES, the first browsing (as well as browsing when the Refresh button is pressed) generates requests to read all supported object groups.

The list of objects is dynamic, i.e. when a new value arrives in the KOM process or when a new object is detected, it is updated.

Double-clicking on a particular line will cause the Group and Index parameters to be inserted into the configuration of I/O tag from which the DNP3 Item Browser window was opened.

Figure - DNP3 Item Browser window

The window displays the following information:

Group: object group. In addition to the groups configurable for the I/O tags, "event" groups (such as Binary Input Event (2)) may also appear in the list, as long as the KOM process has received a message reporting a change in object value.

Index: index of an object in a group

Source: the source of data:

  • READ - data came in response to data read request - Read (1) function
  • POLLED - data came in response to a Poll request - reading object group Class Objects (60)
  • SPONTANEOUS - data came spontaneously - using Unsolicited Response (130) function

Value: the current value, optionally - depending on a particular object group and variation - with flags and timestamp

Point: the name of the I/O tag that is configured for this object. Names can also be repeated:

  • if a column of a structured variable is specified for the Destination column parameter on the Destination tab in the I/O tag configuration
  • if an "event" object group and an object group configurable for I/O tag are mapped to the same I/O tag (in the figure above, Analog Output Status (40) and Analog Output Event (42), both with Index=0, display I/O tag M.DNP3_OutSim_AnalogOutput41_2).

Filtering in the list of objects: the browse window allows you to filter by the values ​​displayed in each column. The values don't have to be entered completely. The notation *FILTERED EXPRESSION* is sufficient, where the asterisks represent any text before the start and end of the expression (e.g., *put* covers both input or output).

The total number of objects: the total number of objects in all object groups is displayed at the bottom left of the window.


Meaning of individual options and buttons:

Copy all to clipboard

Copies all displayed objects and details to the Windows Clipboard.

Refresh

The Refresh button can be used to force the object list to be re-read from the device. By default, the KOM process reads the list of objects and their data types only for the first request and stores it in memory. Depending on the number of objects and the speed of the device, this reading may take a longer time. It then sends this stored list to the CNF process(es), so that the next reading of the list in the DNP3 Item Browser window is fast.

Cancel

D2000 Cnf has the recycling of browser windows implemented. If the window is closed by the Cancel button or after selecting an object, it is actually only hidden and is available for browsing for another I/O tag within the same station, so that the list of objects being viewed is preserved. Clicking on the cross at the top right corner will cause the window to actually close.

Tell commands



CommandSyntaxMeaning
STWATCHSTWATCH StationNameTell command sends commands for the reading of values of all configured I/O tags. This command sends Poll requests to all Classes according to the station parameter configuration and sends requests for the reading of all I/O tags with the Explicit Read parameter active.

Literature



IEEE Standard for Electric Power Systems Communications - Distributed Network Protocol (DNP3).

Blogs

You can read a blog about the DNP3 protocol:


Changes and modifications



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Document revisions



  • Ver. 1.0 - May 28, 2019 - the creation of the document

Requirements

Minimum supported version

D2000 V12.1N



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