Validation of Hardware and Software in the Loop add-ons simulation modules

Mohamad Haffar (1, 2) , Jean-Marc Thiriet (1) , Sarah Kabbara (1, 3, 4)

1 GIPSA-SAIGA - GIPSA - Signal et Automatique pour la surveillance, le diagnostic et la biomécanique
2 Euro-System
3 GIPSA-SYSCO - GIPSA - Systèmes non linéaires et complexité
4 FACULTY OF ENGINEERING I - Faculty of Engineering I

The integration of communication networks in critical or safety environment such as Substation Automation System "SAS" incorporating supervisory control and data acquisition system "SCADA" is nowadays a strategic research problem. New standards of communication such as the IEC 61850 appears, in order to solve critical situation, ensure the security and avoid the blackout of the whole system. However, the reliability of the system relies on sending a large number of real time messages via the communication network which increase the usage of the network bandwidth. Our approach consists of setting up a new platform for simulating a SAS network in order to analyze the various information flows which share the network, check that the temporal constraints. Modeling and validating of network components is an essential step before running any simulation. In this paper we will present the concept of modeling an IED communication server and the usage of Hardware and Software In the loop modules for validating the implemented protocol functionalities.

Mots clés: Co Simulation Platform; hardware in the loop; Software in the loop; protocol functionalities; Modeling; OpNet Modeler; SCADA

Domaines: Automatique / Robotique

Mohamad Haffar, Jean-Marc Thiriet, Sarah Kabbara. Validation of Hardware and Software in the Loop add-ons simulation modules. Journées de la Section Automatique Démonstrateurs en Automatique, Nov 2010, Angers, France. 9 p. ⟨hal-00559572⟩