NR Electric Co., Ltd.

PCS-9794
Protocol Converter

PCS-9794 is a protocol converter designed for the highest

standards of performance, safety and reliability to meet
Functions
requirements of a complex substation automation system (SAS). • Protocol conversion
As an integral part of the SAS, it works as a communication PCS-9794 can adapt to the signal conversion need of differ-
manager, which maps signals between IEDs and the local ent projects and realize the data exchange between station
SCADA or protection management unit. level and bay level network communications.

PCS-9794 transmits data to local SCADA or protection • Information acquisition of relay, meter and other
management unit through the IEC 61850 or IEC 60870-5-103, IED
etc. protocols, and links IEDs with protocols such as Modbus Through its serial ports and Ethernet ports, this device can
through different kinds of communication interfaces. communicate with relay, meter and other IED to gather their
information such as SOE and operation signal.

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PCS-9794
Protocol Converter NR Electric IEDs

Serial port Ethernet port

connection connection

Third party IEDs

Figure 1 Typical application of PCS-9794 in substation

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• Communication • Consistency IP for dual network

- This device can communicate with local SCADA and For the downlink dual network mode with 2 devices, master
protection management system. and slave communicate with substation IEDs in using the
- This device can communicate with RTU to realize the same substation network IP address.
data transmission to dispatching center or distributed
control center. • Time synchronization
- The mapping transmission tables for SCADA or RTU This device supports several time synchronization mode,
can be customized independently. that include PPS, PPM, IRIG-B, timing message and SNTP.
Thus, internal clocks of connected IEDs will be unified in the
• Communication status supervision substation.
The mapping transmission tables for SCADA or RTU can be
customized independently. • On-line maintenance and monitoring
This powerful function enables the engineer to monitor the
• Signal synthesis running status of this device through network, including run-
The signal synthesis function is supported with the help of ning information print, message display of Ethernet port and
the configuration tool PCS-COMM. Logical and mathematic serial port, on-field configuration, database view, virtual mea-
operation of data such as AND, OR, NOT, XOR, +, -, × and ÷ surement, file transmission, remote rebooting, etc. With all
can be proceed for the transmission to remote control center. these advanced functions, the substation upgrade becomes
convenient.
• Local binary output
Several output contacts are equipped with the optional IO • Self-diagnosis
module to realize logic output. These outputs are configu- During device service, it keeps a full supervision on software
rable through the auxiliary software. and hardware. Once an abnormality occurs, the device will
be self-blocked to ensure no further mal-operation and send
• Configurable LED indication an alarm. For the dual device mode, if the abnormal device
Several LEDs are equipped on the device HMI panel to in- is on-duty, it will not only block itself but also activate the
dicate a binary signal, such as alarm, communication state, backup device to take over all its task to ensure the stability
switchgear position, etc. Some of them are defined by de- and reliability.
fault while the others are configurable in 3 colors (green, red
and yellow) through the auxiliary software.
Features
• Manipulation authority • High performance hardware architecture
All device critical manipulations, such as remote control and - Dual 800MHz CPUs, 1 or 2GB RAM, optional 4G micro SD
setting modification, need a user authority check. The au- or 16G SSD storage memory for historical data
thority password is configurable via local LCD. - Capable for data management and communication of the
SAS for whole substation or power plant
• Command record and query - CPU usage ≤ 25% during normal service; CPU usage ≤
This device records all the commands and operations, which 50% during massive data treatment
include control selection, control execution, regulation, set- - Support of 6 electrical or 2 optical + 4 electrical Ethernet
ting modification selection, setting modification execution, ports
signal reset, etc. All these records can be viewed and que- - Support of Max.15 electrical or 10 electrical + 4 optical
ried with filter. serial ports.
- Air cooling architecture is adopted to avoid wearing part
• History event record and vibration (the use of fan motor).
This device automatically records the events during its ser- - Non-rotating storage is adopted to avoid vibration
vice, which include self running state change, alarm from - A fully closed chassis with a complete panel
connected IED, communication failure alarm, etc. - Completely separated spaces for electronic and electrical
systems
• Double device redundancy strategy - Designed with anti-interference measures to enhance the
Several device redundancy strategies are supported. The device EMC.
2 devices are completely electrically independent. Their
power supplies, communication ports and programs run in- • Real-time database
dependently. The inter-device exchange is realized electrical - The database is compatible with data model IEC 61850
and network connection. and IEC 60870-5-103

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- Support of multiple models including primary/secondary - Support of most international standard protocols including
equipment model, association model, primary schematic IEC 60870-5-101/104, NR private 103, Modbus, IEC 61850
diagram model, etc. and CDT.
- Unified data acquisition and transmission - Support of customized protocol development requirement
(besides the above standard package) for IEDs, such as
• History database DC batteries, earthing line selection device, etc.
- Embedded history database
- Optional capacity: 4GB micro SD or 16GB SSD (Solid • Powerful auxiliary configuration tool
State Drive) - Highly integrated configuration functions
- Multiple data storage types including historical SOE - Full substation configuration support including project
records, operation reports, wave files, etc. implementation, running, maintenance, analysis, diagnostic
and debugging.
• Real-time data transmission
- Internal SOE transmission delay <100ms • System scale
- Up to 90 IEDs
• Unified substation model transmission - Up to 8 SCADA/RTU
- The data model transmission between substation and - Database < 24,000 signals
control center is realized by using the SCD file.

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