For substations, generation plants, and control rooms exposed to severe EMI and mission-critical uptime requirements, choose IEC 61850-3 / IEEE 1613-grade Ethernet switches. Designed for substation automation, this portfolio focuses on power-utility EMC immunity, wide temperature durability, fast network recovery, and precise time synchronization—with flexible rackmount or DIN-rail installation and AC/DC redundant power. It also supports concepts such as PRP/HSR (IEC 62439-3) and multicast handling for GOOSE/SV traffic (model-dependent).
Why IEC 61850-3 / IEEE 1613 switches?
- Utility-grade EMC robustness: Qualified for IEC 61850-3 / IEEE 1613 environments to withstand surges, switching transients, and strong electromagnetic fields.
- Fast recovery for grid uptime: Substation-friendly ring redundancies such as ERPS / α-Ring with millisecond-level healing (< 15 ms typical, model-dependent); seamless schemes available per project.
- High-availability hardware: Fanless or minimized-fan thermal paths, AC/DC dual power, and fiber uplinks (SFP/SFP+ as available).
- L2/L3 & security toolset: VLAN, QoS, IGMP Snooping, Storm Control, ACL, 802.1X, static routing / VRRP (feature sets vary by model).
Designed per IEC 61850-90-4 (Network Engineering Guidelines)
- Redundant topology: PRP / HSR seamless redundancy (use RedBox when needed); interwork with RSTP / ERPS / α-Ring where non-seamless rings are required.
- Time synchronization: IEEE 1588v2 PTP (TC/BC as supported), with Power Profile; hardware timestamping and low-jitter paths.
- GOOSE / SV: line-rate multicast and low latency; IGMP Snooping / Querier, static multicast, Storm Control, QoS (802.1p / DSCP).
- VLAN / traffic engineering: isolation and priority queues (SP / WRR as supported) to prioritise time-critical flows.
- SCL and engineering workflow: support SCL (System Configuration Language) for configuration and documentation; interoperate with engineering tools.
- Operations and diagnostics: port mirroring, Syslog, SNMP, event alarms, loop protection—useful for commissioning and maintenance.
FAQs (Selected)
- IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 Substation Ready Requirements
- IEC 61850-90-4 vs IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 for Substations
- IEC TR 61850-90-4 Recommended Switch Features (PTP, PRP/HSR, GOOSE/SV, SCL)
- Is IEC TR 61850-90-4 mandatory for substation networks?
- IEC 61850-90-4 switch selection and integration essentials
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Note: Specifications and features are model-dependent. Refer to individual product pages and tender docs (PICS/PIXIT/MICS/SCL) as applicable.
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