Ekip Link - ABB SACE Emax 2 Series Operating Instructions Manual

9 - Ekip Link

Network The Ekip Link modules must be connected to a dedicated network that includes only Ekip Link and
Programmable Logic Activation of up to four bits of the Ekip Link can be programmed via the Programmable Logic function,
Power Controller Using the Power Controller function, each actor can:
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Ekip Link is a communication accessory which allows Ekip Touch to be integrated into an internal Ethernet
network with ABB proprietary protocol.
The following functions can be performed with the remote module:
• Programmable Logic
• Power Controller
• Zone Selectivity
To perform these functions, the system units involved must be equipped with their own Ekip Link and for
each of these, the IP addresses of all the other Ekip Link connected must have been entered.
Each devices is defined as an Actor in the Link network.
Each Ekip Link can interface with up to 15 actors, of which up to 12 for the Zone Selectivity function.
The ports used by the module are:
Port Service
18/udp ABB proprietary
319/udp
IEEE 1588
320/udp
68/udp DHCP client
Ekip Link is always supplied with contacts Ekip AUP and Ekip RTC (page 258).
If connected to a withdrawable version of the circuit-breaker, it is possible to detect the racked-in/racked-
out status
Ethernet switches for which support for level L2 multicast is declared in the datasheet.
If the network also includes routers, multicast must be enabled and configured in all the level L3 VLAN
interfaces.
each bit according to any combination of the status bits of an actor of which the IP address has been
entered.
These four bits are indicated as Statuses A B C and D; they are remotely programmable and their value is
transmitted to the device to which Ekip Link is connected
• Acquire the status and control the loads
• Act as master and collect the energy measurements of actors entered as Energy Meters
• Supply energy measurements to actors entered as masters
The state of the loads can be acquired by checking the status of the inputs of the signaling modules
connected to the actors of which the IP Addresses have been entered, while load control can be performed
by programming the outputs.
Remote acquisition of the statuses of the loads and their control can also be performed with Ekip
Signalling 10K connected to the network.
Further information on the potential of the function is available in the White Paper
"Load management with Ekip Power Controller for SACE Emax 2".
Notes
In the case of rapid exchanges of information among ABB devices
Valid with IEEE 1588 protocol enabled
DHCP client enabled alternatively as Static address = On
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9 - Ekip Link