Power grid device plug-and-play techniques and architectures for auto-discovery

A system for automatically discovering and configuring intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) associated with power grids, the system comprising:

• an IED management system comprising memory coupled to at least one processor;
• and
• a device adapter device configured to:
• determine an address of an IED associated with a power grid based on prior knowledge, network traffic scouting, or an encrypted discovery message published by the IED in a power network and including information about IED type and year of manufacture;
• authenticate the IED to the device adapter device based on the address and by sending an encrypted client authentication request message with a pre-defined username and a password that are based on the IED type and year of manufacture;
• receive automatically, based on successful authentication of the IED to the device adapter, device identifying information from the IED, wherein the device identifying information comprises a set of information comprising a firmware version, an order code, an IED location, and an IED application;
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• provide the device identifying information to an IED management system, where in the device adapter is hosted on a communication router, a gateway, a cloud, or a virtual server to autonomously and securely connect IEDs with an IED management system,
• wherein the IED management system is configured to:
• identify, based on the device identifying information, a data model version currently available and configured in the IED;
• port, automatically, based on the IED application, an algorithm in the device adapter device to monitor or manage a condition of one or more primary assets associated with the IED application;
• identify and instruct, based on the data model version, additional device data and files to be retrieved from the IED by the device adapter device;
• determine the condition of the one or more primary assets based on the ported algorithm, the data, and the files retrieved from the IED to inform any maintenance alert to an operator or directly perform a control action comprising at least one of updating a configuration setting, controlling an asset parameter, or tripping a breaker;
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• update, based on the additional device data, the files retrieved from the IED, and the condition of the one or more primary assets, wherein the updating is communicated by the device adapter device to a database server.

A device for automatically discovering and configuring intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) associated with power grids, the device comprising memory coupled to at least one processor configured to:

• an address of an IED associated with a power grid based on prior knowledge, network traffic scouting, or an encrypted discovery message published by the IED in a power network and including information about IED type and year of manufacture;
• authenticate the IED to the device based on the address and by sending an encrypted client authentication request message with a pre-defined username and a password that are based on the IED type and year of manufacture;
• receive, automatically, based on successful authentication of the IED to the device, device identifying information from the IED, wherein the device identifying information comprises a set of information comprising a firmware version, an order code, an IED location, and an IED application;
• provide the device identifying information to an IED management system, wherein the device is hosted on a communication router, a gateway, a cloud, or a virtual server to autonomously and securely connect IEDs with an IED management system;
• determine a condition of one or more primary assets associated with the IED application based on the ported algorithm, data and files retrieved from the IED to inform any maintenance alert to an operator or directly perform a control action comprising at least one of updating a configuration setting, controlling an asset parameter, or tripping a breaker;
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• communicate, to a database server, an update provided by the IED management system, wherein the update includes files retrieved from the IED, and the condition of the one or more primary assets.