DS Agile Digital Control System

DS Agile, GE’s Digital Control System, includes customer-inspired evolutions and combines advanced hardware, cutting-edge software and communications capabilities to provide advanced and secured protection, control and automation solutions in digital substations. DS Agile provides features such as integrated condition monitoring for online substation situational awareness, IEC 61850 Ed 2, Parallel Redundant Protocol (PRP) and  High Availability Seamless Redundancy (HSR) architecture and full integration with control room network management and smart grid applications. A DS Agile system is also designed to ensure simplified integration into existing cyber security environments.

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With support for the latest in advanced substation communications, these interoperable and IEC 61850 Ed2 compliant solutions enable high level availability and reliability of the substation equipment. It also permits full integration with the control room network monitoring and Smart Grid applications such as stability, wide area protection plans, and online condition monitoring.

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DS Agile Digital Control System incorporates a new, state-of-the-art user interface that provides holistic and accurate monitoring of the substation for its optimal control, operation and maintenance, maximizing usage while preserving health.

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Customers who need to accelerate their cyber security maturity level and move to Microsoft Windows 10 operating systems can rely on DS Agile seamless upgrade process.

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In line with GE PSIRT Product Security Incident and Vulnerability Management procedures, GE Grid Solutions’ team regularly updates our customers on mitigation and remediation for all our product vulnerabilities, both in the form of security advisories and in form of regular firmware updates.