AS 4418.

1—1996

Australian Standard
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Supervisory control and data

acquisition (SCADA)—Generic
telecommunications interface
and protocol

Part 1: General
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee IT/24, Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards
Australia on 14 June 1996 and published on 5 August 1996.

The following interests are represented on Committee IT/24:

Agriculture and Resource Management Council of Australia and New Zealand
Association of Consulting Engineers Australia
AUSTEL
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Australasian Railway Association

Australian Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers Association
Australian Fire Authorities Council
Australian Gas Association
Australian Pipeline Industry Association
Australian Security Industry Association
AUSTROADS
CIGRE AP35
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
Fire Protection Industry Association of Australia
Telstra Corporation

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This Standard was issued in draft form for comment as DR 95436.

 AS 4418.1—1996

Australian Standard
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Supervisory control and data

acquisition (SCADA)—Generic
telecommunications interface
and protocol

Part 1: General

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7337 0667 3
 AS 4418.1 — 1996 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee IT/24 on Supervisory
Control and Data Acquisition.
The objective of this Standard is to provide manufacturers and users of SCADA systems
with a common telecommunications interface and protocol in order to achieve equipment
interoperability.
The AS 4418 series of Standards has been structured so that Part 1 (this Standard)
provides general requirements for SCADA networks and subsequent Parts provide
requirements for specific applications. The other published Standard in this series, Part 2:
Fire alarm systems, fits the latter criterion.
Specific applications Standards may encompass direct-linked networks and dial-in
networks using the public switched telephone network. Applications which could form
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further Parts of this series of Standards could cover areas such as systems for service
utilities, transport and security.
This series of Standards has been prepared to be consistent with requirements developed
by the IEC and published as IEC 870, Telecontrol equipment and systems. Although the
IEC 870 series was developed for the electricity industry, the above Australian Standards
have been developed as part of a possible series for multi-utility applications.

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CONTENTS
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SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. ... ........ 4
1.2 APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. .. .. .. ... .. 4
1.3 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS . . . .. .. .. .. ... ...... 4
1.4 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. . ... .. ..... 5

SECTION 2 COMMON FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS

2.1 MEDIA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 OPERATING CONDITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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2.3 INTERFACES (ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

2.4 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.5 TRANSMISSION PROTOCOLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.6 SECURITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.7 NAMING AND ADDRESSING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

First published as AS 4418.1— 1996.

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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)— Generic
telecommunications interface and protocol

Part 1: General

S E C T I O N 1 S CO P E A N D G E NE R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard defines the general functionality and communications
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protocol of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) networks consistent with
the IEC 870 series of International Standards.

1.2 APPLICATION SCADA telecommunications networks shall comply with the

requirements of this Standard and a subsequent Part of this series of Standards.

1.3 REFERENCED AND RELATED DOCUMENTS

1.3.1 Referenced documents The following documents are referred to in this Standard:
AS
2777 Information processing systems— Open Systems Interconnection — Basic
reference model
2777.2 Part 2: Security architecture
2777.3 Part 3: Naming and addressing
SAA
MP 59 Naming and addressing in the Australian OSI environment
SAA/SNZ
HB55 ANZ GOSIP 3
HB55.6 ANZ Naming and Addressing Guidelines
HB68 Information technology —Open Systems Interconnection — Tutorial on naming
and addressing
IEC
870 Telecontrol equipment and systems
870-1-3 Part 1: General considerations — Section 3: Glossary
870-2-1 Part 2: Operating conditions— Section 1: Power supply and electromagnetic
compatibility
870-3 Interfaces (electrical characteristics)
870-4 Performance requirements
870-5-1 Part 5: Transmission protocols — Section 1: Transmission frame formats
870-5-2 Part 5: Transmission protocols — Section 2: Link transmission procedures
870-5-3 Part 5: Transmission protocols— Section 3: General structure of application
data
870-5-4 Part 5: Transmission protocols — Section 4: Definition and coding of
application information elements
870-5-5 Part 5: Transmission protocols — Section 5: Basic application functions
870-6 Telecontrol protocols compatible with ISO and ITU-T recommendations

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