This is the planned 4th Quarter 2012 release of the openPDC, version 1.5

This build includes the latest PMU Connection Tester, v4.3.7

Release Notes:

• All openPDC Manager screens now support paging and improved UI response for large implementations (e.g., many hundreds of thousands of measurements)
• Seamless integration with the open Phasor Gateway (openPG)
• The openPDC can now perform all the functions of the openPG
• Support for the EI phasor label naming convention in IEEE C7.118 output streams
• Major overhaul of socket system including:
  • Multicast server and improved source support (receive and transmit for all protocols)
  • Simple UDP packet splitting (software outputs to accommodate than64K (or other user selectable
  • UDP receive from IP filter
  • Ability to close TCP command channel after successful connection
  • Socket data transmission threshold monitoring available for poor connections
• New extensible statistics engine
• Updated subscriber API's – with .NET, C++ and Java support
• An alarming service that will automated notifications based on phasor data comparisons to set-points or data control bands:
  • Alarms can be set to trigger based on real‐time phasor data, calculated points, or performance data
  • Alarm state can be exported through standard phasor data streams or via the PDC web service
• Dynamic switching to a secondary communications connection on failure primary connection
• Security and performance improvements on findings from testing by vendors major universities.
• Macrodyne G and N support
• IEC 61850-90-5 input support with new missing data statistic for multiple ASDUs
• Native OSI-PI input and output adapters built using SDK for best speed
• New dynamic expression calculator
• Enhanced power calculations include sequence calculation support
• Enhanced CSV adapters with high-resolution timer and formatting support
• 1-Second frequency averaging utility with configuration screen
• Historian will now roll-over even when export and trending tools have files open
• Historian result queries are now time-sorted
• Historian will now maintain number of files based on disk space if configured to do so
• Many more hundreds of improvements and bug fixes

Upcoming Features

• DNP3 input and output adapters - expected November 2012
• OSI-PI input and output adapters (includes temporal support) - expected November 2012
• Automatic out-of-band historical data “gap filling” in a destination openPDC as might result, for example, during times that communications is lost between a substation and the control center - expected first quarter of 2013