net-line BCU-50

Sturdy and stable substation automation

Bay station controllers in the electrical power supply must withstand special environmental requirements, especially when the station automation is used in high-voltage equipment, strongly vibrating or shock generating system components or also in environments with a seismic risk. We have therefore an extremely sturdy bay station controller with the net-line BCU-50, which fulfils the requirements of modern substation automation. Like all products from SAE IT-systems, the BCU-50 is also distinguished by high functionality and durability as well as tremendous performance.

Application areas

A series of powerful functional modules forms the basis of the numerous possibilities for using the BCU-50. These include for example convenient cross-connection (of information between different telecontrol stations), as well as the integration of external components (for instance protective device coupling via IEC 61850 or IEC 60870-5-103). The main application fields of the BCU-50 are:

  • Station and bay controller in medium and high-voltage switchgears
  • Gateway and communication router between station buses, field bus and control systems
  • Monitoring and control unit for the utilities, waste management and manufacturing industry

Same as at its brother FW-50, a particular strength of BCU-50 lies in the implementation of communication tasks with substations and control systems of many different manufacturers.

net-line BCU-50 product

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Application range according to IEC 61850-3

  • Application site
    • Power stations and medium voltage stations “G”
    • High voltage switching stations “H”
  • Signal links
    • Field links “f”
    • Links to high voltage equipment “h”

Provided protocols

  • IEC 61850 l IED and protective device coupling
  • IEC 60870-5-101 l telecontrol technology, station control technology
  • IEC 60870-5-103 l protective equipment link
  • IEC 60870-5-104 l TCP/IP coupling to control centre
  • DNP3 server l serial/I
  • IEC 62056-21 (formerly IEC 1107) l meter connection
  • SML l SyM² meter connection via Ethernet
  • DSfG l digital interface for natural gas-metering units
  • Modbus RTU/TCP l master/slave
  • MPI/3964R/RK512 l fieldbus
  • SNMPv3 l network management
  • NTP/SNTP/DCF clock synchronisation
  • VPN tunnel (IPsec IKEv1/IKEv2, OpenVPN*, GRE*)
  • Syslog-ng Server
  • LDAP and RADIUS server*

* available from series5e

Voltage and shock-resistant

  • Dielectric strength with 2.5 kV AC, 3.5 kV DC & 5.0 kV
  • Impulse withstand voltage of Class VW3
  • Vibration resistance of 10 m/s² according to DIN EN 60068-2-6
  • Shock resistance of 15 g (150 m/s²) as well as a continuous shock load of 10 g at a stress immunity of 6000 shocks in accordance with IEC 60068-2-27
  • Seismic vibrations up to 3.5 mm in accordance with EN 60255-21-3 (measuring relays and protection equipment) in each axis

Possible communication paths

In combination with external or SAE communication modules, an extensive range of possible communication paths can be realised. And of course, the communication path can be secured redundantly.

  •  LAN network links in copper or fibre optic
  • DSL and SHDSL
  • Dedicated line in VFT technology
  • 3G/4G mobile radio via GPRS, EDGE, HSPA/UMTS and LTE

SAE IT-systems

SAE IT-systems is producer of high-performance telecontrol- and substation automation systems for application areas like electricitywaternatural gasdistrict heattraffic infrastructures and industry. Based on their experience gained in more than 45 years they are one of the leading companies in the market regarding know-how and innovation. With more than 85 employees at their headquarter in Cologne, they offer demand-driven hard- and software products as well as all matching services form a qualified project management to bringing the system into service.

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