Introduction - Advantech ECU-4784 Series User Manual

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Introduction

Based on IEC 61850-3, a standard for the design of electrical substation automation,
which defines communication between all Intelligent Electronic Devices (IED) and
other related equipment from the process level (data acquisition, sensors and actua-
tors) to the bay level (protection, monitoring and control tasks) and up to the station
level (HMI/SCADA), Advantech's ECU-4784 Series computers can operate as Smart
substation station level Communication server; HMI/SCADA work station; Remote
Control Station; cyber security servers (UTM); and Environment Status Monitoring
station, and thereby System Integrators are able to design the optimized digital sub-
station automation system while allowing energy operators to deliver electricity more
secure, reliable, economical and efficient.
Advantech's ECU-4784 Series are certified by IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 to meet
the harsh and critical requirements of smart grid automation ; It provide high perfor-
mance and reliable functionality to meet the most critical computing applications for
Virtualization solutions to reduce project deployment and maintenance costs ; Sup-
port Remote monitoring and diagnosis for the remote device connectivity to enhance
management and maintenance efficiency; Easy to expand domain I/O with its modu-
lar design, Protect the system to meet the critical security application requirement.
High-performance Computing Platforms for Power and Energy Automation
Applications
 High Computing performance processor (4th Generation Intel Core Processor
Haswell i7) to meet the most critical computing applications, which can run mul-
tiple software application to built the excellent SCADA Performance, energy
operators can leverage virtual machine (VM) resources on the ECU-4784 to
reduce project deployment cost.
 High Integrated Application in the All in one server platform to enhance the
Smart Substation's station level project deployment efficiency by integrate HMI
Visualization, Monitoring, and Control with Data Concentrator & Protocol Con-
verter to finish all the station level task, these function would be implemented by
the different data collection Gateway and SCADA station combination before.
Certification for Robust and Reliability System
IEC-61850-3 and IEEE 1613 certification stand for the highest reliability , which
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are made to withstand vibration, electrical surges, fast transients, and extreme
temperatures. It will be bring more confident to the customer to apply ECU-4784
in the other industry (Oil and Gas, telecommunication station, Industry network
& security firewalls, harsh environments etc).
ECU-4784 Series support TUV IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 certification, ECU-
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4784 has higher standard than other embedded automation controller and con-
tributes to higher reliability and stability, suitable for any Global P&E automation
market and harsh environment.
 ECU-4784 Series is designed for the applications in substation where is sup-
posed to have certain electric interference. Equipped with isolated power, iso-
lated communication ports, ECU-4784 Series has high resistance toward
electrical noise. It has been proved not only can work well in substation but also
suitable for any harsh applications.
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