# IEC61850 coming?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242 "2017-09-04T12:34:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![albetro.15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/albetro.15/32/3922_2.png) [@albetro.15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/albetro.15)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242/1 "2017-09-04T12:34:24Z")

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Is the protocol IEC61850 coming soon or at least plannified ? I’ve seen this has been asked before but it’s been 3 years since the last update.

Best,

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**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:** [September 4, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242/2 "2017-09-04T14:43:52Z")

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It’s not on the roadmap right now.

You can use another OPC server and make a connection to it from Ignition.

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**Author:** ![albetro.15](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/albetro.15/32/3922_2.png) [@albetro.15](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/albetro.15)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 11:51am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242/3 "2017-09-05T11:51:16Z")

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Thanks for the answer. I’m fairly new to the OPC area, do you have any recommendation for this?

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**Author:** ![brandon1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@brandon1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/brandon1)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2017, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242/4 "2017-09-05T12:13:55Z")

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Our company has experience using Top Server. You can follow this [link](http://www.softwaretoolbox.com/topserverv6/IEC61850.html) to see what they offer.

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**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:** [September 5, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/iec61850-coming/15242/5 "2017-09-05T13:21:56Z")

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Kepware has a driver for this. Top Server is a Kepware resell / white label.