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Article #1111Power Utility Standards (WAS: Real time data acquisisition and X.25)
From: Cliff.J.Bamford
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 1991 02:05
Date: Sun, 03 Feb 1991 02:05
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In article <5041@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> Alain Martineau writes: > I read in 'Communications Week' that there is the equivalent of GOSIP >for the utilities industry. Nobody I know ever heard of that. Does anybody >know anything about it ? You're referring to the Utility Communications Architecture (UCA) written by Andersen Consulting for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). As far as I can tell, it is a restatement of the OSI stack per the Manufacturing Message Specification profile. The EPRI contact I have is: Mr. Wade Malcom EPRI Project Manager 3412 Hillview Avenue Palo Alto, California 94304 USA >We try to get hold of the standards but there >seems to be many organisations with competing standards, IEEE, X/Open, COS, >ANSI, CCITT, OSF. It is confusing. Yes, OSI standards are confusing to the novice. But don't worry; when you get more experience, you will achieve total bewilderment, like the experts. :-) Good Luck Cliff Bamford Internet:cliff@hq.af.mil San Diego:(619)689-8921 Washington DC:(703)370-3034
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!shelby!ptolemy!ames!dftsrv!hq!cliff From: cliff@hq.hq.af.mil (Cliff.J.Bamford) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso Subject: Power Utility Standards (WAS: Real time data acquisisition and X.25) Summary: Utility Comms Architecture from EPRI Message-ID: <5817@hq.hq.af.mil> Date: 3 Feb 91 02:05:35 GMT References: <5041@s3.ireq.hydro.qc.ca> Organization: Air Force HQ, The Pentagon Lines: 28