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	Background The on going 
	work within WG B5.11 – The Introduction of IEC61850 and its Impact on 
	Protection and Control within Substations indicates the need of specific 
	definitions on how to perform and evaluate the results of functional tests 
	of IEC61850 based systems. Such evaluations are beyond the WG B5.11 scope 
	and time schedule. 
	Scope 
	WG B5.32 shall report 
	on how functional testing shall be performed in IEC61850 based systems. The 
	report shall cover functional testing from IEDs to overall systems. 
	Six main areas shall 
	be focused: 
	
		- 
		
Functional 
		testing of IEC61850 based systems  
		- 
		
Distributed 
		application testing  
		- 
		
Overall system 
		testing  
		- 
		
Use of SCL 
		(Substation Configuration Language) for the testing  
		- 
		
Functional test 
		system requirements and definitions  
		- 
		
Functional 
		testing considerations to be taken into account in the specification  
	 
	Conformance (type and 
	interoperability) testing of IEC61850 based systems (and IEDs) will not be 
	focused as they are already covered by module 10 of IEC61850. All IEDs will 
	be assumed to conform to this standard.  | 
    
	News
		  | Participants from Brazil, USA, France, Australia, United Kingdom, 
		Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, China, Korea, India, Netherlands |  
		  | Meeting opening by Chairman of SC.B5 |  
		  | Venue of first meeting at
		Recife Palace 
		Hotel |  
		  | Venue of second meeting in Bethlehem, USA |  
		  | Venue of third meeting in Madrid, Spain |  
		  | Venue of fourth meeting in Klaus, Austria |  
		  | Venue of fifth meeting in Paris, France |  
		  | Inclusion of a Reference Term 
		for the Work Group |  
		  | Inclusion of the
        Technical Brochure 
        Final Draft |  
		  | Inclusion of the
        
		Electra Paper Final Draft |  
	 
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