November 9-10, 2009 UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report Testing Subcommittee Report UCAI Users Group Meeting Charlotte, Nc, USA November 9-10, 2009 Bruce Muschlitz Committee co-chair

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report2 Testing Subcommittee Charter Maintain certified product list Maintain certified tester list Maintain test procedures Assist users and vendors in application of test procedures Interpret test procedures

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report3 Group Interactions Testing Subcommittee Testing OpenSG Conformity CIM Testing Conformance Test Procedures

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report4 Testing Subcommittee/ Working Group Membership Open to all UCAI User Group Members Have academic, utility, vendor, testers Each member has equal voice Please consider joining one of the Working Groups

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report Meeting summary (since 02/2009) Meetings –Met 1 time face-to-face (Pittsburgh, USA) –Met 4 times by teleconference –3 “informal” single-issue meetings Distributech 2009 IEC TC57/WG10 Grenoble IEC TC57/WG10 Bilbao OpenSG Conformity – met once CIM Testing – meeting this week

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report Work Items Client Test procedure updated to v1.1 –Embeds PIXIT for immediate use! Merging Unit testing extensively discussed Templates for PICS/MICS/PIXIT/TICS GOOSE functionality/performance testing TCPL (TISSUEs list for test procedures) Integrating OpenSG Conformity group Integration CIM Testing group

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report7 Ongoing Work Merging Unit Test coordination with TC37 Product Mark (if still desired by users) Testing of User tools (ex, configuration) Remote testing (over Internet) Application notes outlines

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report8 Future Work Fully Integrate CIM testing group New IED types –Gateways –Ethernet Switch Software tool (SCL) testing Add performance testing Consider Interoperability testing Revise tests for Edition 2 Generate FAQs

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report9 User Questions Inter-Operability testing expectations for Do we need it? Should this be only between pairs of devices? How do we define the functions to be tested? Should we expect “no manual configuration”? (is “tweaking to pass the test” allowed?) Should we test peer-to-peer communication?

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report10 User Questions (2) Product Mark (logo for “approved” devices) Do we need it? Will it affect your purchasing decisions? Should vendors pay for it? Should tester pay for it?

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report11 User Questions (3) Integration issue feedback Has there really never been integration problems? Testing Committee is awaiting the first submission Should we offer a prize for this?

November 9-10, 2009UCA IUG Testing Subcommittee Report12 Questions?