IP-Server™ Web-Enabled Communication Gateway

View the Data from Your IEDs over the Internet

The IP-Server communication device is a network-aware gateway that polls metering, status, event and fault report data from intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) installed in electric power substations. It summarizes the data from the IEDs and makes it available through a standard Web browser. TCP/IP network connections are supported over the built-in Ethernet and modem interfaces.

Features & Benefits

You can use a Web browser to configure the IP-Server device to communicate with connected IEDs. A built-in interface generator can be used to design simple human machine interfaces (HMI) to display information about metering quantities, events and other data. A tabular display of the all data points is also available. The IP-Server device can be connected to an enterprise network. Network users can view system data, status and alarms via a Web browser, and can download fault records via the browser or automated scripts running on a central computer.

Standard Configuration

The IP-Server device’s standard configuration embeds protocol software to communicate with substation IEDs over a serial link. The embedded Web server is the primary interface for network data presentation. TCP/IP networking is available over the Ethernet interface, as well as the modem interface, via dial-up networking.

Embedded Protocols

Embedded software modules facilitate communication with various IEDs using their native protocols. You simply assign a protocol to each port using a setup program supplied with the IP-Server device. The IED data then becomes available in a standard format for all devices.

SCADA Gateway Module

The IP-Server communication device can report data collected from any or all of the attached IEDs to a SCADA host computer. A program configures dead bands and registers information as required by the following SCADA protocols: DNP3.0, Telegyr® and IEC®-870/5-101. The IP-Server communication gateway can also operate as a SCADA host. In this configuration, it collects data from other SCADA slave devices in the substation. This allows the IP-Server device to connect to your RTU and still implement a single SCADA uplink.

Dead bands can be configured on all IED parameters. When a dead band limit is exceeded or when the IP-Server device detects power line faults, it can send a message to a beeper or send e-mail. It can communicate with DFRs and SERs and collect information from these devices.

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