Data points with the same COA/IOA address but different Typ-ID are overwritten.

Data points with the same COA/IOA address but different Typ-ID are overwritten.

Summary

Values for variables with the same COA/IOA address but different and not compatible Type ID are overwritten by IEC870 driver. This behavior has been changed.

Description

In non-standard conforming RTUs there can be 2 IOs with the same COA/IOA but different Type ID, the difference being in the value format and not just the time tag. If one of those is configured as a zenon variable, and the IEC870 driver receives an ASDU for the other IO (mismatched Type ID), the value gets incorrectly assigned to the zenon variable. Its value is overwritten and thus corrupted. This behavior has been changed.

Solution:

The driver assigns the value of ASDUs to the zenon variable only if the Type ID of the ASDU is compatible with the Type ID of the variable. Compatible in the meaning of the IEC 60870-5-101/104 Standard; e.g. T01, T02 and T30 are compatible (a signal with or without time information). 

When receiving ASDUs with incompatible Type ID, the value is ignored and an error is logged; e.g. T01 and T03 are not compatible (two different signals/value encoding).

To benefit from this fix:

  • Update your zenon Software Platform to the latest build of zenon 10 or higher.

 



Item ID: 259574
Version: 11.00 Build: 115310
Version: 10.00 Build: 116257