{"product_id":"industrial-iec-60870-5-104-telecontrol-protocol-bramwell-kestner-9798190788716","title":"Industrial IEC 60870-5-104 Telecontrol Protocol Essentials: Implementing IP-Based Telecontrol Communications for Modern Utility Automation Networks","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBuild practical expertise in IP-based utility telecontrol.\u003c\/b\u003e This focused guide presents IEC 60870-5-104 as an engineering discipline, connecting protocol rules with the architecture, configuration, software behavior, cybersecurity, and operational practices required in modern automation networks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with telecontrol fundamentals, the book explains how control centers, remote terminal units, intelligent electronic devices, and substations exchange information across local, wide-area, and routed networks. It clarifies the relationship between IEC 60870-5-104 and serial telecontrol profiles, then follows a communication session from TCP connection establishment through data transfer, supervision, sequence numbering, and orderly shutdown.\u003c\/p\u003eWhat you will learn\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDesign resilient communication architectures using segmentation, redundancy, routed links, and availability zones.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterpret ASDUs, type identifications, variable structure qualifiers, causes of transmission, common addresses, and information object addresses.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModel single-point and double-point indications, measurements, integrated totals, commands, set points, bit strings, and protection events.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApply quality descriptors, CP24Time2a and CP56Time2a time tags, event ordering, and clock synchronization to real operational data.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eImplement general interrogation, counter interrogation, select-before-execute, direct-execute, command confirmation, and activation procedures.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate consistent addressing plans, signal registers, timer settings, window parameters, configuration baselines, and interoperability documentation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStructure reliable client and server software with state machines, frame validation, receive buffers, event and command queues, backpressure controls, reconnection logic, and resynchronization.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtect telecontrol links through threat modeling, firewalls, access control, secure remote access, monitoring, logging, and security evidence.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eDesigned for engineering work\u003cp\u003eEach chapter combines protocol concepts with implementation decisions and a practical example. Readers trace complete session startup and shutdown sequences, decode status indications, process timestamped protection trips, operate and verify a remote breaker, build signal and address registers, structure a communication service, plan defense in depth, conduct gateway acceptance testing, and resolve intermittent station communication loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe later chapters provide a disciplined approach to requirements-based testing, conformance and negative testing, packet capture analysis, failover validation, operational monitoring, fault diagnosis, stale or duplicate data handling, sequence errors, backup, change control, and recovery. Checklists and engineering viewpoints help teams turn standard terminology into dependable system behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuitable for: \u003c\/b\u003e control-system engineers, SCADA and substation automation specialists, RTU and gateway developers, commissioning teams, network and cybersecurity professionals, system integrators, and technical managers responsible for reliable utility communications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUse this book as a practical reference for designing, implementing, testing, securing, and maintaining IEC 60870-5-104 networks from the first architecture decision through day-to-day operation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bramwell Kestner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798190788716\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.47d","brand":"Bramwell Kestner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666087350527,"sku":"9798190788716","price":17.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/industrial-iec-60870-5-104-telecontrol-protocol-bramwell-kestner-9798190788716","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}