We built the world’s first hands-on mobile digital substation training lab. Now, we’ve rebuilt it to go even further.
The new Mobile Digital Substation (MDS) brings six major protection platforms— Siemens, GE, Hitachi, Schneider Electric, ABB, and SEL—together across five simultaneous protection zones. Featuring full IEC 61869 process bus capabilities, redundant PTP time synchronization, hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, and support for low-power instrument transformers (LPITs), the MDS delivers an unparalleled, multi-vendor training and testing environment.
The mobile lab combines protection IEDs, merging units (SAMU/PIU), utility-grade Ethernet switches, satellite clocks, and specialized test equipment with the software required to configure and test protection and control systems. Circuit breaker simulator relays and physical current and voltage injections simulate substation primary equipment, providing a realistic, hands-on learning experience using the same types of devices found in operational substations.
One mobile lab. Six platforms. Five protection zones. Unmatched flexibility.
We built the first one. Now we’ve built the next generation.
IEC 61850 University’s Tier II module includes hands-on workshops that allows participants to configure SV, GOOSE, MMS, and PTP configurations on IEDs from all major vendors. Participants are taught the fundamentals in the morning, and the afternoon is spent putting these principles into practice by configuring/testing the various IEDs.
IEC 61850 University’s Mobile Digital Substation has integrated IEDs and test equipment from all major vendors, including Arbiter, Cisco, Doble, GE, Hitachi ABB, Hirschmann, Omicron, Schneider Electric, SEL, Siemens, and Tekron. Participants are provided the unique opportunity to complete SV/GOOSE/MMS/PTP configuration within all the major vendor’s IED platforms. The diagram below summarizes the IEC 61850 IEDs and configuration tools, as well as the testing/simulation devices/tools that are incorporated into the Mobile Digital Substation.
Participants are provided a Configuration Guide for each of the IEDs in the Mobile Digital Substation that walks them step-by-step through the configuration in each of the vendors configuration tools listed above. Regardless of the participants experience with the vendor’s configuration tool, these guidelines are suited for all skill-levels.