ABB SACE Tmax XT2 - Ekip Link

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47 - Ekip Link
Ekip Link is a communication accessory that enables Ekip Touch to be integrated into an internal
Ethernet with ABB proprietary protocol.
With the remote module, the following functions can be performed:
 Programmable logic
 Power Controller
 Zone selectivity
For these functions, the system units involved can have their own Ekip Link and for each of them
the IP addresses of all the other connected Ekip Links must be inserted.
In the Link network, each device is defined as an Actor.
Each Ekip Link can interface with at most 15 actors, with a maximum of 12 for the Zone Selectivity
function.
The following ports are used by the module:
Port
Service
Notes
18/udp
ABB Proprietor
In the event of fast information exchange between ABB
devices
319/udp
IEEE 1588
Valid with IEEE 1588 protocol enabled
320/udp
68/udp
DHCP client
DHCP client enables alternatively to static address = On
To connect Ekip Link to Ekip Touch, the Ekip Cartridge (page 129) and Ekip Supply (page 130)
accessories are required.
Network
The Ekip Links must be connected to a dedicated network, comprising only Ekip Links and
Ethernet switches that declare on the data sheet the support to the level L2 multicast.
If the network also comprises routers, the multicast must be enabled and configured on all the
level L3 VLAN interfaces.
Programmable
logic
With the Programmable Logic function, it is possible to program the activation up to four bits of
the Ekip Link, each bit according to any combination of the status bits of an actor whose IP
address has been entered.
These four bits are indicated as statuses A B C and D that are programmable remotely and
their value is transmitted to the device to which Ekip Link is connected
Power
Controller
With the Power Controller function, each actor can:
 acquire the status and control the loads
 act as master and gather the energy measurements of the actors inserted as energy meters
 Supply the energy measurements to the actors inserted as masters
The Loads status can be acquired by checking the status of the inputs of the signalling modules
connected to the actors whose IP addresses have been entered, whereas the loads can be
controlled by programming their outputs.
The remote acquisition of the loads status and control of loads status can also be achieved with
Ekip Signalling 10K connected to the network.
More information on the potential of the function are available in the White Paper
1SDC007410G0201 “Managing loads with Ekip Power Controller for SACE Emax 2”.