Reducing Network Requirements For Sending Triggered Point On Wave Data

With the increase in substation devices capable of recording point on wave records and the increasing availability of network connectivity in the field, utilities have shifted to retrieving data remotely via network connections. A variety of protocols and standards have been developed to address streaming continuous data, however, most do not address the issue of retrieving triggered records, such as those created by Digital Fault Recorders (DFRs), Relays and Power Quality Meters (PQMs).

This paper introduces a variation of the IEEE 2664 Protocol applied to transfer triggered point on wave (POW) records. A case study, including deploying this protocol on a Digital Fault Recorder, and transferring this data is discussed and significant reduction in latency and bandwidth requirements are shown over more common protocols such as PQDif over FTP.