ES200 este un RTU virtual, o platforma software care rulează pe platforma Cisco IOx și care permite extragerea, stocarea și analiza datelor din mediul operațional în scopul înțelegerii fenomenelor din rețeaua electrică și luarea celor mai bune decizii în interesul clienților și al companiei.

Enhanced Connectivity and Deployment

Multiple SIMs to access the VPN on 3G/4G

Smart Ports to connect Smart Meters or other serial equipment

GPS Timestamp for legacy equipment/protocols

Lan available to connect TCP/IP equipment

The deployment and version management of the ES200 application is integrated into the Cisco Fog Director. This creates the capability to manage large-scale projects of ES200.

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ES200 allows you to combine the Smart Grid applications with any solution in the Cisco Partner Ecosystem. It is designed to operate in secondary distribution substations, and electrical substations using secure communication and automation standards.

State of the art security

ES200 is based on Cisco IOx Security and addresses 4 major components:

• Control plane (SSL/TLS, Industry Standard AAA);
• Data plane ( IOS security features such as ACL’s, IPS, Firewall and many more);
• Platform Infrastructure (API Security, Pluggable Auth Modules, App Signature Verification);
• Application Security (cgroups, SMACK, SELinux, USERS Capabilities).
• Secure Authentication and TLS encryption for IEC 60870-5-104 following IEC 62351 parts 3, 5, 7 and 8

IoT Edge Computing

ES200 runs at the Network Edge, securely isolating SCADA Microservices from any other process. It enables the Cisco IOx devices to combine multiple functions such as network connectivity, security, GPS localization, and SCADA RTU.

Data Processing

ES200 includes a Data Management Module based on the IEC61131 standard suite adapted for the control of different processes (e.g. local automation) using information from all of the protocols used. It enables visual programming with an easy drag-and-drop interface with blocks for operations and logic.

Additionally, the graphical Web interface implements functionalities that allow quick and easy local monitoring of electrical installations controlled with the help of ES200.

• IEC60870-5-104 (Master/Slave) (Secure authentication and TLS encryption based on IEC 62351)
• IEC61850 Client Edition 1 and 2
• DNP3 (Master/Slave – TCP/Serial)
• Modbus (Master/Slave – TCP/Serial)
• OPC-UA (Client)
• MQTT (subscriber/publisher)
• LoRaWAN Application Server connections (Actility, Chirpstack, etc.)

• Distribution of energy
• Wind and photovoltaic power plants
• Cogeneration, gas turbines
• Smart Grid/IoT platform