# IEC 61850 Support in Ignition **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [December 9, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926 "2021-12-09T08:02:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![s.widmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@s.widmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/s.widmer)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/1 "2021-12-09T08:02:12Z")
The topic came up a couple of times in the past years and we see that we are loosing quite some potential in the Grid and automation world without a native support of IEC61850. There are a lot of 3rd party converters but due to the nature of IEC61850 the customers acceptance of another tool doing a conversion is rather low. Is 61850 something we can expect in the foreseeable future ? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2021, 1:53pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/2 "2021-12-09T13:53:54Z")
Yes, hopefully by end of Q1 next year. ---
**Author:** ![s.widmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@s.widmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/s.widmer)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/3 "2021-12-10T12:43:11Z")
Thanks Kevin - looking forward to it - is there a closed Beta or something running allready ? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2021, 1:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/4 "2021-12-10T13:17:51Z")
No, it’s not that far yet. When it’s ready enough it’ll probably be a public beta here in the forum like we’ve done with with the last couple drivers. ---
**Author:** ![s.widmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@s.widmer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/s.widmer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 11:59am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/5 "2021-12-13T11:59:28Z")
I forgot to mention (and maybe it answers itself by supporting IEC61850 in SCADA in general) Are ICD Downloads supported? ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/6 "2021-12-13T14:15:57Z")
Yes, there will be scripting functions for the MMS file transfer services. You will be able to upload files to and download files from an ICD. ---
**Author:** ![msteele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/msteele/32/77889_2.png) [@msteele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msteele)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/7 "2022-03-24T17:18:50Z")
I'm also eager to see IEC 61850 MMS and would love to try it out in our Ignition lab. Our main power systems vendor is not moving very fast on implementing their own OPC-UA server, and this could give us a lift over DNP to Ignition's OPC-UA server. We've had some issues with DNP in Ignition's OPC-UA server - we have workarounds for now, but are eager to move past it. Yet at the same time I want to avoid the expense and hassle of another OPC-UA intermediary like Kepware. ---
**Author:** ![FreddyR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@FreddyR](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/FreddyR)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/8 "2022-12-06T02:47:47Z")
Hi @Kevin.Herron Any update on this? > [@Kevin.Herron](#): > > Yes, hopefully by end of Q1 next year. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/9 "2022-12-06T02:58:24Z")
Development got paused and resumed a few months ago. It’s now planned for either the coming January or February Ignition releases. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.McClusky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@Kevin.McClusky](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.McClusky)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/10 "2023-03-10T00:10:41Z")
Good news, the 61850 MMS driver was just released. It comes with 8.1.25, so if you grab the latest version of Ignition you should be able to try it out. Inductive University videos and documentation have been added as well. ---
**Author:** ![msteele](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/msteele/32/77889_2.png) [@msteele](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/msteele)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 5:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/11 "2023-03-10T17:14:00Z")
Thanks for the update. I'm also registered for the [61850 webinar](https://inductiveautomation.com/resources/webinar/supercharge-your-power-monitoring-with-ignition-iec-61850) at the end of the month - others in this thread may be interested as well. ---
**Author:** ![indi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@indi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/12 "2025-04-12T02:05:07Z")
Hi @Kevin.Herron, now, ignition already support MMS file transfer services? so i can download comtrade file from IED ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2025, 2:13am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/13 "2025-04-12T02:13:31Z")
Yes, > **[system.iec61850.readFile | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/scripting-functions/system-iec61850/system-iec61850-readFile)** > > This function downloads remote files from the configured IEC 61850 device to an identified local path. ---
**Author:** ![indi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f475e1/32.png) [@indi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/indi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/14 "2025-04-13T12:51:34Z")
And is it possible to save comtrade file to database in BLOB file format? Use system.db.runPrepUpdate or system.db.runNamedQuery? ---
**Author:** ![kaka3a1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@kaka3a1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaka3a1)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/15 "2025-04-13T16:17:56Z")
Hi. Please give me example full script for download any comtrade files (\*.cfg and \*.dat) from any IED. It will be great if I can download comtrade files with script when any tag are changed. Thx ---
**Author:** ![Transistor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/transistor/32/3380_2.png) [@Transistor](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Transistor)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/16 "2025-04-13T16:26:18Z")
> [@kaka3a1](#): > > Please give me example full script for download Welcome to the forum, but please don't ping specific users with requests - especially when they may involve a lot of time. This forum is mostly manned by volunteers and while Kevin is an IA employee I think most of his work here is of a voluntary nature and not part of his job. Instead, ask a question of the forum members in general, show your research and where you are stuck. ---
**Author:** ![kaka3a1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@kaka3a1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kaka3a1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec-61850-support-in-ignition/53926/17 "2025-04-14T10:56:09Z")
OK. sorry for that 😊