A Forum for Supporters of the Distributed
Network Protocol
The development of DNP3 was a comprehensive effort to achieve open,
standards-based Interoperability between substation computers, RTUs, IEDs
(Intelligent Electronic Devices) and master stations (except inter-master
station communications) for the electric utility industry. Also important was
the time frame; the need for a solution to meet today's requirements. As
ambitious an undertaking as this was, we reached this objective. And since the
inception of DNP, the protocol has also become widely utilized in adjacent
industries such as water / waste water, transportation and the oil and gas
industry.
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