Abstract: A Bridge-Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) is disclosed to route IEC61850 GOOSE messages between sub-networks (SN—1, SN—2 . . . SN_n), wherein the Bridge-Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) can include a component with functionality for signal mapping, and more than one communication interface (CI-1, CI-2 . . . CI-n), wherein each communication interface (CI-1, CI-2 . . . CI-n) is designed as an Intelligent Electronic Device (IED) with its own CID-(Configured IED Description) file according to an IEC 61850 requirement.

Abstract: A master-IED (Intelligent Electronic Device) is disclosed for high level applications (e.g., in power management or load shedding applications in power generation facilities or in electric power transformation), which can include at least one communication interface supporting MMS client and GOOSE functionality (CI-1, CI-2 . . . CI-n), wherein each is configured as an IED with its own configurable CID-file according to an IEC 61850 requirement. The master-IED specific IEC 61850 configuration tool can handle SCD (Substation Configuration Description)—files per a communication interface CI-1.

Abstract: A method and system are provided for bay typical based IEC 61850 engineering and integration to be used in an automation plant. Functional parts of each bay typical are distributed across tools by using unique identifiers. An identification of a tool's specific functional part of a bay typical is based on the unique identifier.