External System

External systems represent external applications with which the Smart Grid Gateway will exchange messages or data. In the case of the Smart Grid Gateway adapters, external systems represent the head-end systems with which the adapters communicate.

An external system that represents the head-end system must be present in your system. If this is not present in your configuration, add it, along with the following Outbound Message Types. Refer to the Oracle Utilities Application Framework documentation for more information about creating external systems.

External System — Generic:

• External System: Generic

• Description: Generic

• Outbound Message Types:

Outbound Message Type	Description	Message Sender
DG-COMM	Generic Adapter Commission	DG-COMM
DG-DCOMM	Generic Adapter Decommission	DG-DCOMM

Note: The following apply to all of the above outbound message types:

• Processing Method: Real-time

• Message XSL: DG-Request xsl

• Response XSL: DG-Response.xsl