The article reflects the authors' vision on the prospects for the development of automation tools used on transmission lines. The authors overviewed briefly the existing elements of transmission lines automation -monitoring systems for various processes, actuating devices. The approach for the integration of individual elements of automation on the PL into a single set of software is offered. It gives grounds for introducing the concept of an automated control system of technological processes

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... f the transmission line (ACSTP PL). The ACSTP PL structural scheme of as a potential component of "smart" networks is reviewed, the group of the monitoring system sensors of the line are described and their general purpose is described. The general requirements for the construction of ACSTP PL, their functional capabilities are formulated. Prospects for the implementation of ACSTP PL and their key technologies are projected. References 10, figures 2, table.