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 connection

re-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