INTELLIGENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUITABLE FOR USE IN SUBSTATION AUTOMATION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

摘要

An intelligent electronic device (104) suitable for use in substation automation system (100) and a method of operating the same is disclosed. A plurality of virtual machines is operated and each virtual machine instantiates a proxy device (202). Each of these proxy devices (202) is assigned a unique device identity. Further, a master device (210) is instantiated, wherein the master device (210) includes a set of functions and/or a set of attributes, and at least one the set of functions and/or set of attributes is referenced to in at least one of the proxy devices (202). The measurement data generated from at least one sensing devices is received and routed to a corresponding proxy device (202), and/or control data from one of the proxy devices (202) is transmitted to at least one actuating device corresponding to the proxy device (202).