ABB Wireless Controller ARC600 Application

Application

The functionalities of Wireless Controller ARC600 have been

developed to monitor and control switching devices inside a

secondary substation. Connected to the central control

system (SCADA/DMS) that manages the utility network, they

serve as the core of the secondary substation automation system.

Key features

• Highly reliable control and monitoring of up to three

switching devices per ARC600

– Status information of three switching devices and

three earthing disconnectors

– Disconnector position and earthing status indications

with front LEDs

– Local and remote use of the disconnectors

• Overload protection of actuator motors

– Load current measured in the motor circuit

– Current limit based motor overload protection(software fuse)

– Measurement of disconnector open and close times

• Fault Passage Indication (FPI) support for improved fault management

– Support for external medium voltage directional fault

indication and for multifunction low voltage power quality metering

• Integrated wireless communication

– Always on two-way communication based on cellular

networks (GPRS, 3G, LTE)

– Communication monitoring and automatic connectionre-establishment

– High level data security through internal VPN and Firewall

– Support for Arctic Patrol centralized device management application

• Protocol converter

– Conventional IEC-101 and Modbus serial devices can

be connected in a reliable way to the modern TCP/IP

based IEC-104 and Modbus TCP control systems

• Built-in battery charger with advanced battery control

– Temperature compensated charging

– Battery monitoring/testing (condition monitoring)

– Deep discharge protection

• IEC-101 SCADA compliancy

– IEC 60870-5-101 slave (including dial-up) to support

the existing system installations

– Possibility for future SCADA migration from IEC-101 to

IEC-104 is supported as the operating mode is

selected using the parameter settings

– IEC-101 operation mode as unbalanced slave

• Heater control to limit the effects of ambient temperature

variations such as condensation

• Robust aluminium casing design and easy DIN rail mounting