Change log

v2.2.0

Features

• Add Server.remove_station(common_address: int) and Connection.remove_station(common_address: int)- methods to enable the removal of stations.

• Add Station.remove_point(io_address: int) method to allow the removal of points and facilitate reassigning the io_address to another point type.

v2.1.1

Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the source distribution erroneously included a __pycache__ folder.

v2.1.0

Features

• Serve type hints for all classes and methods as a .pyi file.

• Add the property Server.protocol_parameters and Connection.protocol_parameters to enable reading and updating protocol parameters, such as window size and timeouts.

• Provide Batch Transmission support via the new Batch class, in combination with Server.transmit_batch(…), for monitoring direction.

• Sending Connection.counter_interrogation() supports full Qualifier of Counter Interrogation (Rqt and Frz)

• Introduce the Connection.on_unexpected_message() callback to get informed about unsupported messages, or messages with type id conflicts

• Add the Station.signal_initialized(cause=…) method to support sending end-of-initialization messages per station to all connected clients.

• Introduce the Client.on_station_initialized callback to handle end-of-initialization messages.

• Send monitoring data formatted as sequences in periodic transmissions and interrogation responses, if possible.

• Add TransportSecurity.set_ciphers() to specify a list of supported cipher suites.

• Add TransportSecurity.set_renegotiation_time() to configure the TLS renegotiation time.

• Add TransportSecurity.set_resumption_interval() to define the session resumption interval.

• Raise a ValueError when modifying a TransportSecurity object that is already assigned to a client or server, as changes have no effect.

Dependencies

• Add python 3.13 support

• Minor update of lib60870 to 2.3.4

• Major update of Mbed TLS to 3.6.2, add support for TLS 1.3

Fixes

• Fix Client.get_connection method to accept ip and port or common_address argument

• Fix Qoc reference in docs

• Improved error message on assigning invalid information object to a points value or quality property

Deprecations

• Property number_of_object renamed to number_of_objects in class IncomingMessage

Breaking Changes

• Dropped TLS 1.1 support

v2.0.2

Features

• Enhance the error messaging for invalid value and quality assignments of points

Fixes

• Fix an issue with the point.value setter that was not functioning correctly for the following types: EventState, StartEvents, OutputCircuits, and PackedSingle

• Fix a segmentation fault that occurred during the string conversion of Quality and BinaryCounterQuality objects when unsupported bits were set

v2.0.1

Fixes

• Fix missing cyclic reports if debug flag c104.Debug.Server is not set

• Detect and handle invalid return values from callbacks

• Improve python docblock signatures

• Fix project URLs for pypi

• Fix documentation links in README

v2.0.0

Features

• Add support for equipment protection points (M_EP_TD_1, M_EP_TE_1, M_EP_TF_1) and status with change detection (M_PS_NA_1)

• Add advanced property support for all messages

• Add point timer callback for extended event driven transmission scenarios

• Add option c104.Init.MUTED, to open a connection in muted state

• Add extended datetime.datetime support

• Add support for information object address 0

• Improve command mode select and execute with automatic selection timeout

• Improve performance and stability

• Improve string representation for all classes

• Improve type safety

Breaking Changes

• Dropped python 3.6 support, since pybind11 does not support it any longer

• c104.Point signature changes (see below)

• c104.Station signature changes (see below)

• c104.Client signature changes (see below)

• c104.Connection signature changes (see below)

• c104.Server signature changes (see below)

• c104.IncomingMessage signature changes (see below)

• Renamed enum property c104.Qoc.CONTINUOUS to c104.Qoc.PERSISTENT. This corresponds to the standard description for Qualifier of command.

• Removed deprecated function c104.add_server(…), use c104.Server() constructor instead

• Removed deprecated function c104.remove_server(…), remove last reference to server instance instead

• Removed deprecated function c104.add_client(…), use c104.Client() constructor instead

• Removed deprecated function c104.remove_client(…), remove last reference to client instance instead

Changed signatures in c104.Point

The concept of a points value is not enough to support all properties of all protocol messages. Therefore, the value was replaced by individual information objects. Every point type has a specific information type that stores a specific value type but also other properties. This also ensures type safety because there is no automatic cast from a Python number to a required value class.

• Added property point.info This container class carries all protocol message specific properties of a point.

  single_point.info = c104.SingleInfo(True)
  double_point.info = c104.DoubleInfo(c104.Double.ON)
  step_point.info = c104.StepInfo(c104.Int5(13))
  binary_point.info = c104.BinaryInfo(c104.Byte32(12))
  normalized_point.info = c104.NormalizedInfo(c104.NormalizedFloat(-0.734))
  scaled_point.info = c104.ScaledInfo(c104.Int16(-24533))
  short_point.info = c104.ShortInfo(12.34)
  counter_point.info = c104.BinaryCounterInfo(345678)
  pe_event_point.info = c104.ProtectionEventInfo(c104.EventState.ON)
  pe_start_point.info = c104.ProtectionStartInfo(c104.StartEvents.PhaseL1 | c104.StartEvents.PhaseL2)
  pe_circuit_point.info = c104.ProtectionCircuitInfo(c104.OutputCircuits.PhaseL1)
  pe_changed_point.info = c104.StatusAndChanged(c104.PackedSingle.I0)
  

• Changed signature of point.value float -> typing.Union[None, bool, c104.Double, c104.Step, c104.Int7, c104.Int16, int, c104.Byte32, c104.NormalizedFloat, float, c104.EventState, c104.StartEvents, c104.OutputCircuits, c104.PackedSingle] The point.value property is a shortcut to point.info.value for convenience. Example: single_point.value = False

• Removed property point.value_uint32

• Removed property point.value_int32

• Removed property point.value_float

• Changed signature of point.quality c104.Quality -> typing.Union[None, c104.Quality, c104.BinaryCounterQuality] The point.quality property is a shortcut to point.info.quality and returns point-specific types. For points without quality information, this will be None. Calling point.quality.is_good() can therefore result in an error if point.quality is None.

• Removed point.set(…) method Set a new info object point.info = ... instead, to update all properties like time and quality than just the value Example: cl_double_command.set(value=c104.Double.ON, timestamp_ms=1711111111111) -> cl_double_command.info = c104.DoubleCmd(state=c104.Double.ON, qualifier=c104.Qoc.LONG_PULSE, recorded_at=datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(1711111111.111))

• Changed point.report_ms setter validation The report_ms property must be a positive integer and a multiple of the tick_rate_ms of the corresponding server or client

• Removed property point.updated_at_ms: int, use point.recorded_at instead

• Removed property point.received_at_ms: int, use point.processed_at instead

• Removed property point.sent_at_ms: int, use point.processed_at instead

• Removed property point.reported_at_ms: int, use point.processed_at instead

• Added read-only property point.recorded_at: typing.Optional[datetime.datetime] The timestamp sent with the info via protocol. At the sender side, this value will be set on info creation time and updated on info.value assigning. This timestamp will not be updated on point transmission. The property can be None, if the protocol message type does not contain a timestamp.

• Added read-only property point.processed_at: datetime.datetime This timestamp stands for the last sending or receiving timestamp of this info.

• Added read-only property point.selected_by: typing.Optional[int] If select this will be the originator address, otherwise None

• Changed signature of method point.transmit (cause: c104.Cot = c104.Cot.UNKNOWN_COT, qualifier: c104.Qoc = c104.Qoc.NONE) -> point.transmit(cause: c104.Cot) The qualifier is now part of the info object of command points and can be set via a new info assignment. The cause qualifier does not have a default value anymore so that this argument is obligatory now.

• Changed signature of point.related_io_address to accept None as value: int -> typing.Optional[int] This is necessary to accept a value of 0 as a valid io_address.

• Changed signature of point.on_receive(…) callback signature from (point: c104.Point, previous_state: dict, message: c104.IncomingMessage) -> c104.ResponseState to (point: c104.Point, previous_info: c104.Information, message: c104.IncomingMessage) -> c104.ResponseState The argument previous_state: dict was replaced by argument previous_info: c104.Information. Since all relevant is accessible via the info object, a dict is not required anymore. Instead, the previous info object will be provided.

• Added callback point.on_timer(…) Callback signature function: (point: c104.Point) -> None Register callback signature: point.on_timer(callable=on_timer, interval_ms=1000) The timer_ms property must be a positive integer and a multiple of the tick_rate_ms of the corresponding server or client

• Added read-only property point.interval_ms: int This property defines the interval between two on_timer callback executions. This property can only be changed via the point.on_timer(...) method

Changed signatures in c104.Station

• Changed signature of method station.add_point(…) Parameter io_address accepts a value of 0. Parameter related_io_address accepts a value of 0 as valid IOA and a value of None as not set

Changed signatures in c104.IncomingMessage

• Added read-only property info: Union[…]

• Removed property command_qualifier, use message.info.qualifier instead

• Removed property connection_string

• Removed property value

• Removed property quality

Changed signatures in c104.Client

• Changed signature of constructor Reduced default value of argument command_timeout_ms from 1000ms to 100ms. Reduced default value of argument tick_rate_ms from 1000ms to 100ms. The minimum tick rate is 50ms.

• Added read-only property client.tick_rate_ms: int

Changed signatures in c104.Connection

• Added read-only property connection.connected_at: typing.Optional[datetime.datetime]

• Added read-only property connection.disconnected_at: typing.Optional[datetime.datetime]

• Add c104.Init.MUTED to connect to a server without activating the message transmission.

• Removed c104.ConnectionState values: OPEN_AWAIT_UNMUTE, OPEN_AWAIT_INTERROGATION, OPEN_AWAIT_CLOCK_SYNC The connection will change from CLOSED_AWAIT_OPEN to OPEN_MUTED, will then execute the init commands, if any and change the state afterwards to OPEN if init != c104.Init.MUTED. The intermediary states are not required anymore.

• Instead of using to wait for a connection establishment: while not connection.is_connected: time.sleep(1) wait for state open so that not only connection is established but also init commands are finished while connection.state != c104.ConnectionState.OPEN: time.sleep(1)

Changed signatures in c104.Server

• Changed signature of constructor Add argument select_timeout_ms to constructor with default value 100ms Reduced default value of tick_rate_ms from 1000ms to 100ms. The minimum tick rate is 50ms.

• Added read-only property client.tick_rate_ms: int

Bugfixes

• Read property IncomingMessage.raw caused SIGABRT

• Server.active_connection_count counts also inactive open connections

• fix select detection in c104.explain_bytes_dict(…)

• point.transmit(…) throws an exception if the same point is in an active transmission

• auto set environment variable PYTHONUNBUFFERED to avoid delayed print output from Python callbacks

v1.18

• Add support for Qualifier of Command for single, double and regulating step commands

• Fix transmit updated_at timestamp for time aware point

• c104.Point.set method signature improved (non-breaking): - Add keyword argument timestamp_ms to allow setting a points value in combination with an updated_at_ms timestamp - Improve value argument to support instances of type c104.Double and c104.Step as setter for c104.Point.value does

• Improve GIL handling for methods station.add_point, server.stop and client.stop

v1.17

• Fix (1.17.1): Fix select-and-execute for C_SE_NA

• Fix (1.17.1): Fix armv7 build

• Add optional feature Select-And-Execute (also called Select-Before-Execute) - Add enum c104.CommandMode - Add properties point.command_mode, point.selected_by and incomingmessage.is_select_command - on_receive callback argument previous_state contains key selected_by - Add select field to explain_bytes and explain_bytes_dict

• Fix free command response state key if command was never send

• Improve point transmission handling

• Improve documentation

v1.16

• Add feature TLS (working versions: SSLv3.0, TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1, TLSv1.2; not working: TLSv1.3)

• Fix potential segmentation fault by using smart pointer with synchronized reference counter between cpp and python

• Improve CMake structure

• Improve reconnect behaviour

• Update lib60870-C to latest

v1.15

• Fix (1.15.2): Fix deadlock between GIL and client-internal mutex.

• Add new Connection callback on_state_change (connection: c104.Connection, state: c104.ConnectionState) -> None

• Add new enum c104.ConnectionState (OPEN, CLOSED, …)

• Allow COT 7,9,10 for command point transmit() from server side to support manual/lazy command responses

• Add new enum c104.ResponseState (FAILURE, SUCCESS, NONE)

• BC signature of callback server.on_clock_sync changed

  • Return c104.ResponseState instead of bool

• BC signature of callback point.on_receive changed

  • Return c104.ResponseState instead of bool

v1.14

• Fix (1.14.2): Fix potential segmentation fault

• Fix (1.14.1): Add missing option c104.Init.NONE

• Add c104.Init enum to configure outgoing commands after START_DT, defaults to c104.Init.ALL which is equal to previous behaviour

• Clients timeout_ms parameter is used to configure maximum rtt for message in lib60870-C (APCI Parameter t1: max(1, (int)round(timeout_ms/1000)))

• BC callback signature validation

  • Allow functools.partial, functools.partialmethod and extra arguments in callbacks that have a default/bound value

  • Ignore arguments with non-empty default value n callback signature validation

v1.13

• Fix (1.13.6): try send clock sync only once after start_dt

• Fix (1.13.5): Silence debug output, update dependencies

• Fix (1.13.4): PointCommand encode REGULATION STEP COMMAND values, windows stack manipulation in server

• Fix (1.13.3): IncomingMessage decode DOUBLE POINT values 0.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0

• Fix (1.13.3): IncomingMessage allows 0.0,1.0,2.0,3.0 values for DoubleCommands, message.value returns value instead of IOA

• Fix (1.13.2): Server sends multiple ASDU per TypeID in InterrogationResponse or Periodic transmission if IOs exceed single ASDU size

• BC for on_clock_sync Callable must return a bool to provide act-con feedback to client

• Respond to global CA messages Fix: Server confirms messages that are addressed at global ca from each local CA with its own address.

v1.12

• Replace BitSets by Enum flags Change usage of Debug and Quality attributes

• Start periodic transmission instantly after receiving START_DT, do not wait for a first interrogation command

v1.11

• Add python 3.6 support

• Add Windows support

• Migrated from boost::python to pybind11 Drop all dependencies to boost libraried and replace bindings by header only template library pybind11.

• Simplified build process via setuptools and cmake Integrate lib60870 into cmake to build everything in a single build process.

• Improve callback handling

  • Function: A reference is stored internally with valid reference counter.

  • Method: A reference to the bounded method is stored internally.

v1.10

• Add ARM support

• New DebugFlag: GIL Print debug information when GIL is acquired or released.

• New coding convention for callbacks:

  • Callback function signature must match perfectly (variable names, order, return and type hints).

  • Lambda: Usage of lambda function is not possible as type hinting information are not added to the function object itself, only to the namespace the object is stored in.

  • Function: A copy (type.FunctionType) is stored internally using the same references as the original function to guarantee function existence. (^1.10.2)

  • Method: A reference to the object is stored internally with the name of the method. (^1.10.2)

v1.9

• New coding convention: Caller passes self-reference as first argument to callback functions.

  • Client.on_new_station: Client reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Client.on_new_point: Client reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Connection.on_receive_raw: Connection reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Connection.on_send_raw: Connection reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Server.on_receive_raw: Server reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Server.on_send_raw: Server reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Server.on_connect: Server reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Server.on_clock_sync: Server reference as additional argument in the first place

  • Server.on_unexpected_message: Server reference as additional argument in the first place