BS PD IEC/TS 60870-5-604:2016, which is a technical specification, describes test cases for
conformance testing of telecontrol equipment, Substation Automation Systems (SAS) and
telecontrol systems, including front-end functions of SCADA, using the IEC 60870-5-104
companion standard and IEC 60870-5-6, Guidelines for conformance testing for the IEC
60870-5 companion standards.The use of this part of IEC 60870 facilitates interoperability by providing a standard method of
testing protocol implementations, but it does not guarantee interoperability of devices. It is
expected that using this specification during testing will minimize the risk of noninteroperability.The goal of this part of IEC 60870 is to enable unambiguous and standardised evaluation of
IEC 60870-5 companion standard protocol implementations. The guidelines and conditions for
the testing environment are described in IEC 60870-5-6. The detailed test cases per
companion standard, containing among others mandatory and optional mandatory test cases
per Basic Application Function, ASDU and transmission procedure, will become available as a
technical specification. Other functionality may need additional test cases but this is outside
the scope of this part of IEC 60870. For proper testing, it is recommended to define these
additional test cases. This document is such a Technical Specification for the mentioned
companion standard.This part of IEC 60870 deals mainly with communication conformance testing; therefore other
requirements, such as safety or EMC are not covered. These requirements are covered by
other standards (if applicable) and the proof of compliance for these topics is done according
to these standards.Cross References:IEC 60870-5-4:1993IEC 60870-5-5:1995IEC 60870-5-6:2006IEC 60870-5-101:2003IEC 60870-5-104:2006IETF RFC2200All current amendments available at time of purchase are included with the purchase of this document.