10 • SMP Gateway User Manual
SMP Gateway communications components implement all the functions required to communicate
with a device or control center using a variety of communications technologies. Cooper Power
Systems provides communications components for asynchronous serial ports, RS-232, RS-422,
RS-485, TCP/IP and modems.
REAL-TIME
DATA EXCHANGE
SLAVE
PROTOCOL
COMPONENT
MASTER
PROTOCOL
COMPONENT
SLAVE
COMMUNICATION
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MASTER
COMMUNICATION
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SCADA
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Figure 4 SMP Gateway communications components
2.2 Configuring the SMP Gateway
The SMP Gateway configuration process consists of establishing the relationships among the
internal components, and providing the specific settings for each of these components. This task is