IEC870IP Driver

The IEC870IP driver enables Plant SCADA to communicate via TCP/IP with devices that use the IEC 60870-5-104 communication protocol.

Note: It is recommended that you use the IEC870IP driver with a version of Plant SCADA that is fully supported in accordance with AVEVA's Software Support Lifecycle and Retirement Policy. The driver will work with Citect SCADA 7.20 or later (or a later version of Plant SCADA), however it will not be fully tested or supported on these earlier versions. Search the AVEVA Support Site Technology Matrix to determine the support status for your current version of Plant SCADA.

The following diagram demonstrates a simple system configuration, with Plant SCADA connected to IEC 60870-5-104 devices via the IEC870IP driver hosted on a single pair of redundant I/O servers.

The Driver Runtime Interface (DRI)

With the release of version 7.20, Citect SCADA supported the retrieval of time-stamped data directly from field devices. This capability is enabled by the Driver Runtime Interface (DRI), a component of Plant SCADA that is used by the IEC870IP driver to directly update time-stamped digital alarms, time-stamped analog alarms and event-based trends. For more information, see the topic Retrieving time-stamped data from field devices in the main Plant SCADA help.

Note:
• As version 4.05.01.0 (or later) of the IEC870IP driver relies on the DRI, it requires Citect SCADA version 7.20 (or later) to operate successfully.
• This documentation was created to support version 4.05.01.0 (or later) of the IEC870IP driver. Due to significant changes to the driver with this release, this documentation should not be used with an earlier version of the driver.

See Also

Supported Devices

Configuring Variable Tags

Value Quality Support

Value Timestamping

Advanced Configuration and Maintenance

Troubleshooting