
POWER LEADER™ Ethernet Gateway
Chapter 1 – Introduction
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The specifications of the Ethernet Gateway are listed in Table 2.
Parameter | Value |
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Control power | |
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| Power supply =150 VA min |
| (contact your GE sales |
| representative for additional |
| voltage options.) |
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Modbus communications | Four RS485 ports, 1200 baud, |
| 2400 baud, 4800 baud, 9600 |
| baud and 19.2 Kbaud. |
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Ethernet communications | One |
| card; supports 10BaseT or |
| 10Base2 transport mediums. |
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Standards |
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UL Listed | 508 & 840 |
CSA Certified | C22.2 No. 14 |
Table 2. POWER LEADER Ethernet Gateway specifications.
Following are definitions of some of the terms used in this document.
POWER LEADER – The GE family of comprehensive power management devices and system software used to minimize downtime and overall power cost.
PMCS – Power Management Control System software.
SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) – A group of systems including power management and control systems.
DCS (distributed control system) – A group of systems
including building automation and status monitoring systems.
Ethernet – An open,
Modbus RTU (Remote Terminal Unit) – An open, industry- standard,
tions protocol developed by Modicon/AEG Schneider Automation.
1–5 Environmental Requirements
The environmental requirements of the Ethernet Gateway are listed in Table 3.
Parameter | Value |
Operating temperature | 0° C to +50° C |
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Storage temperature | |
Relative humidity | 10% to 95% noncondensing |
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Vibration response and | IEC |
endurance | Severity Class 1 |
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Fast transient surge | ANSI C37.90.1 |
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Radiated EMI withstand | ANSI C37.90.2 |
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Electrostatic discharge | IEC |
| Severity Class 4 |
Table 3. POWER LEADER Ethernet Gateway environmental
requirements.
Modbus master – A host computer running PMCS software.
RS485/EIA485 – A physical standard for
Commnet – A GE proprietary communications network standard.
Commnet segment – A group of one to four commnet- compatible devices (including at most one waveform- capturing meter) with all communication ports wired to a single Concentrator commnet port.
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