Throughout this guide, the term ‘outstation’ is used to refer to any Phoenix outstation, controller, or other Phoenix device that is used to obtain data from measuring instruments or sensors.
Throughout the ClearSCADA documentation suite ‘information objects’—the objects that can be monitored or controlled on an outstation—are referred to as ‘points’.
For information on this and other IEC 60870-5 terms with which you might need to be familiar in order to configure Phoenix and IEC 60870-5 specific settings in ClearSCADA, see IEC 60870-5 Terminology in the ClearSCADA Guide to the IEC 60870-5 Driver.