POWER GRID DEVICE PLUG-AND-PLAY TECHNIQUES AND ARCHITECTURES FOR AUTO-DISCOVERY

Methods, systems, and devices for automatically discovering and configuring intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) associated with power grids may determine, by a device adapter device, an address of an IED associated with a power substation; authenticating the IED to the device adapter device based on the address; receive, by a device adapter device, based on the authentication, device identifying information from an IED; provide, by the device adapter device, the device identifying information to an IED management system; identify, by the IED management system, based on the device identifying information, a firmware version currently used by the IED; identify, by the IED management system, based on the firmware version, additional device data of the IED; and update, by the IED management system, based on the additional data, a file of the IED.