SYNC 4000 - Control Center Front End

SYNC 4000 products series are Control Centre level Front end servers used for variety of high performance and heavy duty data collection applications including Wide Area Monitoring, SCADA/DMS Data Aggregation, M2M Data Concentration, etc. Wide area monitoring front end having Synchrophasor data concentrator (PDC) can stream data from any IEEE C37.118 compliant phasor measurement unit to multiple control central applications. Data Aggregation variant have high-end Control Center gateway with protocol drivers and M2M Services, IEC61131 based advanced PLC engine and other FEP functionalities built in one device. This product can be used to interconnect automation system (SCADA/ EMS/ DMS) LAN to WAN networks like MPLS/Cellular/Public Lease line without compromising on the security of the network.

Synchrophasor measurement has been gaining acceptance in power system operations and is being widely adopted in many power systems. A wide variety of devices now support synchrophasors, from stand-alone Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs), to protection relays, meters, fault recorders and other substation devices.

With the standardization of synchrophasor communications by IEEE C37.118, utilities can now select best-of-breed equipment from various vendors, and integrate them into their applications. However, as the number of installed synchrophasor capable devices increase, utilities and integrators begin to face the problem of scalability in integrating large numbers of these devices.

Key Features

General

• High performance with minimum data loss and latency
• Vast protocol conversion capability– ICCP, Modbus, IEC 61850, DNP3.0 etc
• Legacy protocol support with support of SPT/4/SYNC2000/3000 devices
• Multi master/SCADA communication capability
• Disturbance and fault record collection and management
• IEC61131 based programming engine on request
• Scalable to 2000 PMUs connections and 4 client connections
• Message rates up to 60 samples/sec data rate
• Time synchronization using IEC60870/ DNP3/ SNTP/ NTP/ IEEE 1588 (on request)
• Device management using SNMP/Webserver
• User friendly desktop based configuration and diagnostics utility
• Communication Redundancy and hot standby device redundancy supported
• Assigns static IP address to the field devices there by eliminating the requirement of fixed IP at remote location
• C37.118 data processing, time alignment and aggregation
• TCP, UCP and hybrid communication profiles or Phasor data

Security

• Supports communication security on both upstream and downstream
• Protects the system against possible intrusions with built in firewall
• Adheres to NERC-CIP security compliance requirements#
• Offers IEC62351 based transport layer security
• Provides SSL VPN with AES,DES or 3DES encryption
• Follows IEC62351-5/DNP3 secure authentication process

Scalability & Upgradability

• Supports Device redundancy
• Server grade hardware
• Expanding serial ports using terminal server option
• Seamless integration with field devices

Product Models & Applications