Basler Solutions for
System Communications

BE1 Numerical Relay Supported Communications Protocols
Compatible Communications - the BE1-1051
Economical Communications - the BE1-700 Series

Communication Protocols

The three independent communications ports along with optional support for Modbus™ and DNP3, and ASCII protocols provide easy access to integrating the protection, control, metering, status reporting, and monitoring functions into a substation automation system. Basler’s BE1-1051 relay also offers the option of GOOSE protocol, while the BE1-11f and BE1-700 series offers BESTnet.

IEC 61850 Protocol
Basler Electric’s implementation of IEC 61850 has been conformance tested to IEC 61850-10 by KEMA. IEC 61850 provides protection and control operations peer to peer and protection, control, and metering with a data concentrator. Communications is provided over 10/100Mb copper or 100Mb fiber.

Read more about Basler's IEC 61850 Protocol options for the BE1-11 series of relays.

DNP3 Protocol
Basler Electric’s implementation of DNP (Distributed Network Protocol) V3.00 is fully compliant with DNP V3.00 Subset Definition Level 2. As a user, verification testing offers reassurance of the interoperability of certified DNP3 products. Being able to easily integrate IEDs with a master or data concentrator on multi-drop RS485 networks reduces costs by eliminating the need for port switches and/or communications processors.

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Modbus Protocol
Modbus protocol was developed by Modicon for use in Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs).

Modbus communications use a master-slave technique in which only the master can initiate a transaction. This transaction is called a query. When appropriate, a slave device responds to the query. When a Modbusmaster communicates with a slave, information is provided or requested by the master.

Modbus has gained a high level of popularity for IED implementation.

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ASCII Protocol
ASCII stands for American Standard Code for Information Interchange. It consists of a set of codes used to represent letters, numbers, control characters, and a few symbols.

ASCII data is in wide use when communicating with off-the-shelf terminal emulation programs such as ProComm Plus, Windows Terminal or Hyperterminal. Data can be sent and received from IEDs using readable pneumonic words.

For details on setup, download PC-COM01, an application note on enabling ASCII communication with a relay via Windows95™ Hyperterminal.

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Compatible Communications - the BE1-1051

The BE1-1051 Overcurrent Protection System a full-featured feeder protection, monitoring, and control system offers a BESTNet option using TCP/IP as its core protocol – making it compatible not only with the vast majority of utility and industrial intranets, but also with the worldwide internet.

The BE1-1051 also offers the GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented System Event) protocol as part of its Ethernet option. GOOSE provides peer-to-peer communications between any number of relays. GOOSE is an open standard that is part of the new IEC61850 protocol – the successor to UCA2.0. GOOSE offers several advantages over the proprietary serial-port based peer-to-peer schemes offered by several other relay manufacturers.


Available in horizontal and vertical case configurations.

Feature	GOOSE	Serial point-to-point protocols
One-to-one direct connection	YES	YES
One-to-many direct connection	YES	NO
Many-to-One Direct Connection	YES	NO
Uses commonly available connection infrastructure	YES	NO
Directly connect to existing Ethernet networks	YES	NO
Open, multi-vendor support	YES	NO

In addition to GOOSE, the 1051 BESTNet option also offers:

Metering & Status Web Pages (provided by embedded web server)
Full Basler ASCII protocol over TCP or Telnet connection
NTP Time synchronization to external NTP server
Email notification of up to 8 different user-programmed conditions (programmed by BESTlogic, external SMTP mail server required)
Full BESTCOMS support over Ethernet. BESTCOMS can use serial communications or an Ethernet TCP/IP connection for all functions.

BE1-700 Series - An economical, highly functional communications solution

The BE1-11f and both BE1-700 Series relays, the BE1-700C and BE1-700V, offer a BESTNet option which includes:

Embedded web server with metering, status, and fault summary information
Email alerts of as many as seven user-defined conditions
Full BESTCOMS support over Ethernet
Full Basler ASCII protocol for terminal mode communications (TELNET) or custom programmed application access
Support for DHCP or static IP addressing.
IP Discovery function included in BESTCOMS.

BE1-700 Series Digital Protective Relay is available for Voltage/Frequency protection and Overcurrent protection

Basler offers the communications solution to meet your application needs and budget.

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Basler Solutions for System Communications

Compatible Communications - the BE1-1051

Feature

GOOSE

Serial point-to-point protocols

BE1-700 Series - An economical, highly functional communications solution

Basler Solutions for
System Communications