METHOD OF OBTAINING AT LEAST ONE OPERATING PARAMETER OF AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION COMPONENT

摘要

There is provided a method of obtaining at least one operating parameter of an electrical substation component. The method comprises the steps of: •providing the electrical substation component with a machine-readable code including the at least one operating parameter of the electrical substation component, wherein the machine-readable code is in non-human-readable format, and wherein the at least one operating parameter is or includes at least one network connection parameter corresponding to the electrical substation component; •providing an electronic module able to visually read the at least one network connection parameter from the machine-readable code, wherein the electrical substation component and the electronic module are each in communication with a communications network; •configuring the electronic module to visually read the at least one network connection parameter from the machine-readable code and thereby retrieve the at least one network connection parameter from the machine-readable code; ⋅ configuring the electronic module to use the at least one network connection parameter retrieved from the machine-readable code to form a direct network connection with the electrical substation component so as to enable communication between the electronic module and the electrical substation component via a digital communication link.