Communication networks and systems for power utility automation - Part 7-410: Basic communication structure - Hydroelectric power plants - Communication for monitoring and control

Kommunikationsnetze und -systeme für die Automatisierung in der elektrischen Energieversorgung - Teil 7-410: Grundlegende Kommunikationsstruktur - Wasserkraftwerke - Kommunikation für Überwachung, Regelung und Steuerung

Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour l'automatisation des systèmes électriques - Partie 7-410: Structure de communication de base - Centrales hydroélectriques - Communication pour le contrôle-commande

Komunikacijska omrežja in sistemi za avtomatizacijo uporabe električne energije - 7-410. del: Hidroelektrarne - Komunikacije za nadzorovanje in krmiljenje - Dopolnilo A1

General Information

Status
Published
Publication Date
11-Feb-2016
Withdrawal Date
16-Dec-2018
Drafting Committee
IEC/TC 57 - IEC_TC_57
Current Stage
9093 - Decision to confirm - Review Enquiry
Start Date
05-Jan-2026
Completion Date
21-Jan-2026

Relations

Effective Date
24-Jan-2023
Effective Date
28-Sep-2021

Overview

EN 61850-7-410:2013/A1:2016 is a CLC-endorsed amendment to the IEC 61850 series that specifies the basic communication structure for hydroelectric power plants, focusing on communication for monitoring and control. This document updates EN 61850-7-410:2013 with additions and clarifications to logical node definitions, naming conventions and new classes relevant to power-plant automation. It is part of the broader IEC 61850 family for power utility automation and was approved by CENELEC in 2015–2016.

Key Topics

  • Scope and status
    • Amendment A1 refines and extends the original Part 7-410 logical node model for power plants.
    • Aligns naming and abbreviations (e.g., Tur for Turbine) with the IEC 61850 series.
  • Logical nodes (LNs) and data models
    • Adds and renames LN classes used for power-plant automation (e.g., ASEQ, GUNT, PTUR).
    • Introduces thermal power plant-specific LN group E (e.g., EBCF, EFCV, EGTU, ESCV, ESPD, ESTU, EUNT) with their data objects, status, settings and controls.
    • Adds generic LN classes for dead-band filters (FDBF) and trip matrices (FMTX).
  • Hydropower-specific extensions
    • Adjusts hydropower logical node tables to reflect new or renamed LN classes and groupings.
    • Introduces supervision and transducer nodes for water conductivity (SECW, TECW).
  • Naming and interoperability
    • Reinforces LN naming rules referencing IEC 61850-7-2 (LNName composition: class, prefix, instance ID).
    • Ensures consistency across the IEC 61850 series for easier integration of IEDs, governors and SCADA.

Applications

  • Hydroelectric plant automation: Use the standard to design interoperable monitoring and control systems for turbines, governors, valves and auxiliary plant equipment.
  • System integrators & OEMs: Implement standardized logical node models in IED firmware, RTUs and protection equipment to ensure vendor-neutral integration.
  • Utilities & plant engineers: Specify functional behavior and data models for SCADA, HMIs and plant controllers to support consistent alarms, measurements and control actions.
  • Testing & certification labs: Validate conformance of devices and systems to the IEC 61850 data models and LN semantics introduced by this amendment.

Related Standards

  • IEC 61850 series (basic communication structure for power utility automation)
  • IEC 61850-7-2 (logical node naming and rules) - referenced for LNName conventions

This amendment is essential for professionals implementing EN 61850-7-410 based solutions in hydroelectric plants, helping ensure consistent data modeling, clearer LN semantics and improved interoperability across devices and vendors. Keywords: EN 61850-7-410, IEC 61850, hydroelectric, logical node, power plant automation, monitoring and control, CENELEC.

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Communication networks and systems for power utility automation - Part 7-410: Basic
communication structure - Hydroelectric power plants - Communication for monitoring
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Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 61850-7-410:2013/A1:2016
ICS:
27.140 Vodna energija Hydraulic energy engineering
29.240.30 Krmilna oprema za Control equipment for electric
elektroenergetske sisteme power systems
33.200 Daljinsko krmiljenje, daljinske Telecontrol. Telemetering
meritve (telemetrija)
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 61850-7-410:2013/A1

NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
February 2016
ICS 33.200
English Version
Communication networks and systems for power utility
automation - Part 7-410: Basic communication structure -
Hydroelectric power plants - Communication for monitoring
and control
(IEC 61850-7-410:2012/A1:2015)
Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour Kommunikationsnetze und -systeme für die
l'automatisation des systèmes électriques - Automatisierung in der elektrischen Energieversorgung -
Partie 7-410: Structure de communication de base - Teil 7-410: Grundlegende Kommunikationsstruktur -
Centrales hydroélectriques - Communication pour le Wasserkraftwerke - Kommunikation für Überwachung,
contrôle-commande Regelung und Steuerung
(IEC 61850-7-410:2012/A1:2015) (IEC 61850-7-410:2012/A1:2015)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN 61850-7-410:2013; it was approved by CENELEC on 2015-12-17. CENELEC
members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this amendment the
status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the same status as
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Turkey and the United Kingdom.

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European foreword
The text of document 57/1607/FDIS, future IEC 61850-7-410:2012/A1, prepared by IEC/TC 57 "Power
systems management and associated information exchange" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC
parallel vote and approved by CENELEC as EN 61850-7-410:2013/A1:2016.
The following dates are fixed:
(dop) 2016-09-17
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at
national level by publication of an identical national
standard or by endorsement
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• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with
the document have to be withdrawn

Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC [and/or CEN] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such
patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CENELEC by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 61850-7-410:2012/A1:2015 was approved by CENELEC as
a European Standard without any modification.
IEC 61850-7-410 ®
Edition 2.0 2015-11
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
A MENDMENT 1
AM ENDEMENT 1
Communication networks and systems for power utility automation –

Part 7-410: Basic communication structure – Hydroelectric power plants –

Communication for monitoring and control

Réseaux et systèmes de communication pour l'automatisation des systèmes

électriques –
Partie 7-410: Structure de communication de base – Centrales

hydroélectriques – Communication pour le contrôle-commande

INTERNATIONAL
ELECTROTECHNICAL
COMMISSION
COMMISSION
ELECTROTECHNIQUE
INTERNATIONALE
ICS 33.200 ISBN 978-2-8322-2983-5

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© IEC 2015
FOREWORD
This amendment has been prepared by IEC technical committee 57: Power systems
management and associated information exchange.
The text of this amendment is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
57/1607/FDIS 57/1633/RVD
Full information on the voting for the approval of this amendment can be found in the report
on voting indicated in the above table.
The committee has decided that the contents of this amendment and the base publication will
remain unchanged until the stability date indicated on the IEC website under
"http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to the specific publication. At this date, the
publication will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.
_____________
IEC 61850-7-410:2012/AMD1:2015 – 3 –
© IEC 2015
Generic change: the abbreviation "Trb" for Turbine is changed to "Tur", for consistency with
other documents in the IEC 61850 series, where it appears in the following cases:
Table 1, Subclause 5.6.26, Table 14.
4 Abbreviated terms
Add the following terms to Table 1.
Term Description Term Description
Boil Boiler Jnt Joint
Cmpr Compressor LoPres Low pressure
Cndct Electrical conductivity [S] Mft Main fuel trip
Ctl Control Msk Mask
Gdv Guide vanes Mtx Matrix
HiPres High pressure Rh Re-heat
Icp Intercept Rlf Relief
Ign Ignition Src Source
Iner Inertia Stm Steam
Inlet Inlet (to turbine) Va Variable
Ip Intermediate pressure
5.3 Summary of logical nodes to be used in hydropower plants
Replace the existing title of 5.3 with the following new title:
5.3 Summary of logical node groups to be used in power plants
Table 4 – Logical nodes for automatic functions
Add the following class at the end of Table 4:
LN Class Description
ASEQ Generic control action sequencer

Add, at the end of Subclause 5.3.2, the following new Subclause 5.3.11:

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5.3.11 Group E – Thermal power plant specific logical nodes (“Enthalpy”)
Table 16 – Logical nodes representing thermal power
LN Class Description
EBCF Block control function. This LN will represent one physical device that coordinates the control
of the thermal pressure of the steam generator and the electrical power regulation of turbine /
generator system.
EFCV Fuel control valve. This LN will represent the physical device of fuel control valve related to the
gas turbine in a thermal power plant.
EGTU Gas turbine production unit. This LN represents the physical device of the GT and the
generator combination in a thermal power plant. It is intended as an extended rating plate that
allows settings of data. It also acts as a placeholder for the current operating conditions of the
unit.
ESCV Steam control valve. This LN will represent the physical device of inlet control valve of the
steam turbine in a thermal power plant.
ESPD Speed monitoring. This LN is derived from HSPD.
ESTU Steam turbine production unit. This LN represents the physical device of the ST and the
generator combination in a thermal power plant. It is intended as an extended rating plate that
allows settings of data. It also acts as a placeholder for the current operating conditions of the
unit.
EUNT Thermal unit operating mode. The present status of the production unit.

Table 5 – Logical nodes representing functional blocks
Add the following new logical node classes to Table 5:
LN Class Description
FDBF Dead-band filter. This LN represents a settable filter for dead-band.
FMTX Trip matrix. This LN represents a matrix for linking various trip functions to equipment that shall
be tripped or controlled during a fault.

Add, after Subclause 5.3.3, the following new Subclause 5.3.12:
5.3.12 Group G – Logical nodes for general purposes
Table 17 – Logical nodes representing generic functions references
LN Class Description
GUNT Production unit operating mode. The present status of the production unit.

Table 6 – Hydropower specific logical nodes
Replace LN Class "HUNT" with LN Class "GUNT".
Replace LN Class "HSEQ" with LN Class "ASEQ".
Table 9 – Logical nodes for protections
Add the following class at the end of Table 9:
LN Class Description
PTUR Used for detection of under resistance, e.g. due to stator or rotor earth-faults.

IEC 61850-7-410:2012/AMD1:2015 – 5 –
© IEC 2015
Table 11 – Logical nodes for supervision and monitoring
Add the following class at the beginning of Table 11:
LN Class Description
SECW Supervision of electrical conductivity in water. This logical node represents a system for
monitoring of electrical conductivity in water.

Add, after Subclause 5.3.9, the following new Subclause 5.3.13:
5.3.13 Group T – Transducers and instrument transformers
Table 18 – Logical nodes for transducers
LN Class Description
TECW Measurement of electrical conductivity in water. This logical node represents a generic device
for measuring the conductivity in water.

Add, after Subclause 5.4, the following new Subclause 5.13:
5.13 Logical nodes for thermal power LN group E
5.13.1 LN: Block coordination function Name: EBCF
Logical node EBCF shall be used to coordinate the control of the thermal pressure of the
steam generator and the electrical power regulation of turbine / generator system.
EBCF class
Data Object Common Explanation
T M/O/C
Name Data Class
LNName The name shall be composed of the class name, the LN-Prefix and

LN-Instance-ID according to IEC 61850-7-2:2010, Clause 22
Data Objects
Status information
GasTurUnt SPS Gas turbine generation unit {inst} contributing [True = contributing]
Omulti
StmTurUnt SPS Steam turbine generation unit {inst} contributing [True =
Omulti
contributing]
BoilUnt SPS Boiler unit {inst} contributing [True = contributing]
Omulti
BlkOpSt ENS Status of the block.
M
Operational condition Value
Undefined 0
Coordinated 1
Boiler Follow 2
Steam Follow 3
Gas Follow 4
GasTurErr MV Gas turbine generation unit {inst} error.
Omulti
StmTurErr MV Steam turbine generation unit {inst} error.
Omulti
BoilErr MV Boiler unit {inst} error.
Omulti
JntCtlTag TAG Joint control maintenance tag affixed to the equipment
O
UntTag TAG Maintenance tag affixed to the unit {inst}
Omulti
CmdBlk SPC Block operation
O
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GasTurMft ACT Gas turbine generation unit {inst} main fuel trip
T Omulti
BoilMft ACT Boiler unit {inst} main fuel trip
T Omulti
5.13.2 LN: Fuel Control Valve Name: EFCV
Logical Node EFCV shall be used to represent the physical device of fuel control valve related
to the gas turbine in a thermal power plant. In case of individually controlled control valves, it
is possible to instantiate the logical node for each control valve.
EFCV class
Data Object Common Explanation T M/O/C
Name Data Class
LNName The name shall be composed of the class name, the LN-Prefix and
LN-Instance-ID according to IEC 61850-7-2:2010, Clause 22
Data Objects
Status information
PosCls SPS Control valve closed M
PosOpn SPS Control valve fully open M
Controls
OpCntRs INC Resettable operation counter O
PosSpt APC Position set-point O
DithAct SPC Activate dither  O
Measured values
PosPct MV High pressure control valve position as percent of full opening [%] C
PosDegt MV High pressure control valve position in degrees [º] C

Condition: either PosPct or PosDeg shall be used but not both.
5.13.3 LN Gas turbine unit Name: EGTU
Logical node EGTU shall be used to represent the physical device of a gas turbine in a
thermal power plant. The logical node serves as an extended rating plate only, for any
operational status and runtime information, the logical node EUNT shall be used. In case of
more than one turbine is used to form a single engine, the logical node shall be instantiated
for each.
IEC 61850-7-410:2012/AMD1:2015 – 7 –
© IEC 2015
EGTU class
Data Object Common Explanation T M/O/C
Name Data Class
LNName The name shall be composed of the class name, the LN-Prefix and
LN-Instance-ID according to IEC 61850-7-2:2010, Clause 22
Data Objects
Status information
OpTmh INS Operation time [h] O
RotDir ENS Rotational direction (Clockwise | Counter-clockwise | Unknown) O
Settings
TurTyp ENG Turbine type M
–1
SpdRtg ASG Turbine rated speed [s ] M
TurInert ASG Turbine moment of inertia J [kgm ] O
–1
TurTrsSpd ASG Maximum transient overspeed [s ] O
–1
TurRwySpd ASG Runaway speed [s ] O
PwrRtgTur ASG Rated power in turbine mode [MW] O
FlwRtgTur ASG Rated flow in turbine mode [kg/s] O
MaxPres ASG Maximum pressure [Pa] O
RtgMaxTmp ASG Rated maximum temperature [K] O
VlvClsTmms ING Control valve rated closing time [ms] O

5.13.4 LN: Steam Control Valve Name: ESCV
Logical Node ESCV shall be used to represent the physical device of inlet control valve
related to the steam turbine in a thermal power plant. In case of individually controlled control
valves, it is possible to instantiate the data objects for each control valve.
ESCV class
Data Object Common Explanation T M/O/C
Name Data Class
LNName The name shall be composed of the class name, the LN-Prefix and
LN-Instance-ID according to IEC 61850-7-2:2010, Clause 22
Data Objects
Status information
PosCls SPS Control valve closed M
PosOpn SPS Control valve fully open O
SMLkdCls SPS Servomotor {inst} locked closed in position Omulti
SMLkdMnt SPS Servomotor {inst} locked in maintenance position Omulti
TripVlvOpn SPS Trip valve open O
TripVlvCls SPS Trip valve closed O
Controls
OpCntRs INC Resetable operation counter O
PosSpt APC Position set-point O
DithAct SPC Activate dither  O
Measured values
PosPct MV High pressure control valve position as percent of full opening [%] C
PosDeg MV High pressure control valve position in degrees [º] C

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Condition: either PosPct or PosDeg shall be used but not both.
5.13.5 LN: Speed monitoring Name: ESPD
Logical node ESPD shall be used to represent a speed monitoring device for a thermal
turbine. The logical node is normally located in a stand-alone logical device, separated from
but monitoring the turbine governor. It will also act as a placeholder for various speed limits
and set-points used by the start sequencer and other control functions.
ESPD class
Data Object Common Explanation T M/O
Name Data Class
LNName The name shall be composed of the class name, the LN-Prefix and
LN-Instance-ID according to IEC 61850-7-2:2010, Clause 22
Data Objects
Status information
SpdSrc INS Speed sensor {inst} fault Omulti
StndStl SPS Stand still detection O
SpdBrk SPS Brake operation allowed {inst} Omulti
SpdIgn SPS Ignition Speed Reached O
SpdExt SPS Point of operation for field breaker O
SpdSyn SPS Point of operation for synchronising O
SpdOv SPS Over-speed detection {inst} Omulti
SpdMOv SPS Mechanical over-speed detection {inst} Omulti
DirRot SPS Direction of rotation O
Settings
SpdBrkSpt ASG Braking allowed setting {inst} Omulti
SpdExtSpt ASG Field breaker operation setting O
SpdSynSpt ASG Synchronisation setting O
SpdStlSpt ASG Standstill detection limit setting O
SpdIgnSpt ASG Ignition speed detection setting O
SpdHysSpt ASG Hysteresis limit setting O
SpdOvSpt ASG Over-speed detection setting {inst}
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