This technical report provides a set of guidelines on the use of the following TASE.2 international standards: IEC 60870-6-503 IEC 60870-6-702 IEC 60870-6-802 These standards specify a method of exchanging time-critical control center data through wide- and local-area networks using a full ISO compliant protocol stack. They contain provisions for supporting both centralized and distributed architectures. These standards include the exchange of real-time indications, control operations, time series data, scheduling and accounting information, unstructured ASCII or binary files, remote program control, and event notification.