CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
UCAIug Interoperability Demonstration at CIGRÉ 2012
Paris, France
27-31 August 2012
The UCA International Users Group is sponsoring an interoperability demonstration that will take place at the upcoming CIGRÉ exhibition in Paris, France on 27-31 August 2012. Participation in the interoperability demonstration is available to any UCAIug corporate member that wishes to demonstrate interoperability of an IEC 61850 product. The purpose of the interoperability demonstration is two-fold:
1. To demonstrate interoperability of devices implementing the IEC 62439-3 standard for the Parallel Redundancy Protocol (PRP) and/or High-availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) protocols (HSR/PRP Demo).
2. To demonstrate interoperability of any other feature or capability of IEC 61850 with other participants’ products (IEC 61850 Generic Demo).
Participants in both demonstrations will be expected to cooperate with all other participants to achieve a successful demonstration of interoperability. Member companies with products that do not support network interoperability with one or more other participants (e.g. training programs, etc.) are only allowed to participate at the Gold or Silver levels (see below).
The following conditions have to be met by participants in PRP/HSR Interoperability demo:
· Participants shall have a working implementation of at least one of the redundancy protocols, PRP or HSR. Prototype or pilot implementations are welcome.
· Participants in the PRP/HSR Interoperability must participate in a separate testing session that will take place at ZHAW (Zurich University of Applied Sciences) in Zurich/Winterthur, Switzerland in the June/July 2012 timeframe.
· Only IEC 62439-3:2012 implementations will be considered (PRP-0 implementations are NOT allowed)
· PRP implementations may include end devices (DANP), RedBoxes, Ethernet switches with integrated RedBox or QuadBox, PC software for two NICs and PRP diagnostic software tool. Ethernet switches or NICs only being PRP-aware (capable of forwarding frames of 1528 bytes containing PRP trailer) are not considered PRP implementations.
· HSR implementations may include end devices (DANH), RedBoxes, QuadBoxes, Ethernet switches with integrated RedBox or QuadBox, PC card with an integrated DANH and HSR diagnostic software tool.
· The application protocol for end nodes (relays, substation controllers, software applications, etc.) used during PRP/HSR Interoperability demonstration will be IEC 61850.
Three different participation packages are available to allow UCAIug member companies to have a presence at the UCAIug booth at CIGRÉ 2012:
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DIAMOND LEVEL PARTICIPATION* |
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5000 € |
· Opportunity to participate with hardware and/or software in the PRP/HSR demo or in a the IEC 61850 generic demo |
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· 1 demo pod on which to display interoperable products or software solutions. |
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· Opportunity to have 1 company representative in the participant’s demo area within the UCAIug booth during the entire exhibition time. |
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· 2 x 20 minute time educational speaking slots in the booth presentation area |
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· Company poster and graphics displayed at the participant’s demo pod |
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· 100MB of space for promotional material on the UCAIug logo USB stick |
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· 2 slides of the company's presentation added to a continuously running presentation at large LCD screen in the booth |
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· Ability to distribute collateral material (printed brochures, flyers, CDs, promotional items, etc.) at the participant’s demo pod |
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· Participant’s logo displayed on the UCAIug Banner at the booth as well as on printed or digital UCAIug collateral material |
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GOLD LEVEL PARTICIPATION |
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2000 € |
· 2 x 20 minute time educational speaking slots in the booth presentation area |
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· 50MB of space for promotional material on the UCAIug logo USB stick |
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· 2 slides of the company's presentation added to a continuously running presentation at large LCD screen in the booth |
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· 1 Printed brochure or flyer at literature rack (size A4 or 8.5x11 or smaller) |
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· Participant’s logo displayed at UCA Iug Banner at the booth as well as at all printed or digital UCA collateral material (flyers, etc.) |
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SILVER LEVEL PARTICIPATION |
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1000 € |
· 20MB of space for promotional material on the UCA Iug USB stick |
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· 1 Printed brochure or flyer at literature rack (size A4 or 8.5x11 or smaller) |
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· 2 slides of company's presentation added to a continuously running UCA presentation at large LCD screen at the UCA booth |
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· Participant’s logo displayed at UCA Iug Banner at the booth as well as at all printed or digital UCA collateral material (flyers, etc.) |
*SPACE IS LIMITED! Reservations for participation will be made honored on a first come first serve basis. The organizers expect the demand for Diamond participation to exceed the space available. Please carefully follow the instructions provided below and notice the time and date for making the reservations for the Diamond level.
Participation Reservation Instructions:
1. Participants for the Gold or Silver level should send an email as soon as possible to Kay Clinard (kay@ucaiug.org) indicating their commitment to pay the specified participation fees described above. Although we do not anticipate restrictions on the number of Gold or Silver participants the CIGRÉ 2012 Demo Organizing Committee reserves the right to discontinue acceptance of new reservations without notice.
2. Participants at the Diamond level should immediately begin their internal approval processes to be prepared for sign-up day: 4 April 2012.
3. Diamond level reservations will be accepted beginning 4 April 2012 at 16:00 CEST (GMT +0200)/10:00 EDT(UTC -0400)/7:00 PDT (UTC -0700).
4. On or after the above time, send an email to Kay Clinard (kay@ucaiug.org) indicating your company’s commitment to participate in the CIGRÉ 2012 Interoperability Demonstration. Time of receipt of your email at this address will be used to determine the order of reservation fulfillment. Be sure to include the following information in your email:
a. Your name, job title, member company name, location/street address, email address, and phone number.
b. Indicate that you have a firm commitment to participate in the CIGRÉ 2012 Interoperability Demonstration and that you company is prepared to promptly pay invoices issued by UCAIug in the amount shown above.
c. Indicate if you plan to participate in the IEC 61850 Generic Demo or the PRP/HSR Demo.
d. If you are participating in the PRP/HSR Demo then be certain to indicate your commitment to fully participate in the Zurich pretesting in July/July 2012.
5. Reservations will be accepted on a first come first served basis for all reservations received after 16:00 CEST (UTC +0200) on 4 April 2012.
Please follow the procedures carefully. In the event of excess demand the rules will be strictly enforced. The CIGRÉ 2012 Demo Organizing Committee reserves the right to change the participation rules in the event that insufficient participation is achieved at the Diamond level, or in the event there are too many reservations for the Gold or Silver levels, and will then apply those rules uniformly for all participants.
UCAIug will issue invoices to participants for payment. Prompt payment will be appreciated. An electronic shopping cart for credit card payments may be provided at UCAIug’s discretion.
All participants are responsible for their own costs of participation.
More details on UCAIug presence at CIGRÉ 2012 will be available at: http://www.ucaiug.org/Meetings/CIGRE_2012/default.aspx
Members with questions regarding participation should contact Hubert Kirrmann, Maciej Goraj, or Kay Clinard:
hubert.kirrmann@ch.abb.com
maciejgoraj@ruggedcom.com
kay@ucaiug.org
We look forward to seeing you all in Paris!
Sincerely,
IEC 61850 Users Group
UCAIug CIGRÉ 2012 Demo Organizing Committee