This document contains test procedures that are designed to assess whether a communications client conforms to the requirements of CSIP-AUS v1.1a (2023). The test procedures focus primarily on validation of communications, with a limited set of tests that ensure a physical response is able to be generated. Full testing of physical responses of DER is outside the scope of this document.
This breakdown is shown in Figure 1. This diagram also shows the three expected communications paths by which a utility server may communicate with and manage DER using CSIP-AUS. These three paths are not exhaustive, and other models that make use of the key components shown can also be supported (e.g. a cloud model that also utilises an on-site gateway between the cloud platform and the DER).
Figure 1 – Scope of testing