487

Spec

ializ

ed P

rote

ctio

n &

Cont

rol

g Digital Energy

• Powerfulanddeterministicprogrammablelogicsuitableforcreatingmostcustomizedautomatedsubstationcontrolsolutions

• CompleteIEC61850ProcessBussolutionprovidingresourceoptimizationandminimizingtotalP&Clifecyclecosts

• Reducedbayorstationwiringthroughtheuseofhigh-speedpeer-to-peercommunicationforsendingandacceptingcontrolcommandsfromotherrelays

• ModularhardwarearchitectureallowingforflexibilityintheI/Oconfigurationtosupportmostbaymanagementapplications

• AdvancedSequenceofEventsanddisturbancerecording

providingaccurateloggingofstationeventsthuseliminatingtheneedforexternalrecordingdevices

• SimplifiedsystemintegrationandaccesstoinformationthroughtheuseofmultiplecommunicationoptionsandprotocolsnotfoundinindustrialgradePLCs

• EmbeddedIEC61850Protocol• Ambienttemperaturemonitoringwithalarmingwhenoutside

temperatureexceedsupperthresholds• RobustnetworksecurityenablingCriticalInfrastructure

Protectionthroughusercommandlogging,anddualpermissionaccesscontrol

• Baycontrolandsubstationautomation• ProgrammableLogicControl

• URI/Oexpansion• SequenceofEvents(SOE)recorderreplacement

• Oscillography–analoganddigitalparametersat64samples/cycle

• EventRecorder-1024timetaggedeventswith0.5msscanofdigitalinputs

• DataLogger-16channelswithsamplingrateupto1sample/cycle

• SettingSecurityAuditTrailfortrackingchangestoC30configuration

Monitoring and Metering

EnerVistaTM Software• GraphicalLogicDesignerandLogicMonitortosimplify

designingandtestingprocedures• Documentandsoftwarearchivingtoolsettoensure

referencematerialanddeviceutilitiesareup-to-date• EnerVistaTMIntegratorprovidingeasyintegrationofdata

intheC30intoneworexistingmonitoringandcontrolsystems

Protection and Control• Programmablelogic,timers,counters• Distributedlogic,remoteI/Oexpansion• User-definableprotectionelements• Upto96digitalinputand64digitaloutputs• TransducerI/Os(RTD,dcmA)

Communication• Networkinginterfaces–100MbitFiberOpticEthernet,RS485,

RS232,RS422,G.703,C37.94• MultipleProtocols-IEC61850,DNP3.0Level2,ModbusRTU,

ModbusTCP/IP,IEC60870-5-104,EthernetGlobalData(EGD)• DirectI/O–secure,high-speedexchangeofdatabetween

URsforDirectTransferTripandI/OExtensionapplications• EmbeddedManagedEthernetSwitchwith4-100MbitFiber

opticportsand2copperports

FEATURES

APPLICATIONS

KEY BENEFITS

• Robustcommunicationswithupto8HardFiberBricks• SeamlessintegrationwithexistingC30functions• Redundantarchitecturefordependabilityandsecurity

IEC 61850 Process Bus Interface

C30Multilin™

CONTROLLER SYSTEM

Substationhardenedprogrammablelogiccontroller

488

C30Controller SystemSp

ecia

lized

Pro

tect

ion

& Co

ntro

l

www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

Protection and ControlTheC30ControllerSystemisasubstationhardened device designed to performsubstation Control Logic that can alsoexpand the I/O capability of protectiondevicesandreplaceexistingSequenceofEvents(SOE)Recorders.TheC30providesfast and deterministic execution ofprogrammablelogicwithI/Ocapabilitiesfar above an average protection relay.Graphicalprogrammingtools,supportedbyalibraryof logicoperators,maketheC30simple touseandconfigure. Usinghigh-speedpeer-to-peercommunicationsfor inter-devicemessaging, theC30canalsoacceptsignalsandcommandsfromotherprotectionandcontroldevicesatafractionof thecostofhard-wiring thesesignals.Control, automation, I/O expansion anddatagatheringare ideallysuited for theC30inthefollowingapplications:

• Baycontrol

• Substationautomation

• RemoteI/O

Advanced Automation

The C30 incorporates advancedautomation features including powerfulFlexLogic™ programmable logic, peer-to-peer communications and SCADAcapabilitiesthatfarsurpasswhatisfoundintheaveragePLCorcontroller.TheC30integratesseamlesslywithotherURrelaystoextendtheI/OcapabilitiesandperformcompleteBaymanagementandcontrol.

FlexLogic™

FlexLogic™ is the powerful UR-platformprogramming logicengine thatprovidesthe ability of creating customizedprotectionandcontrol schemes therebyminimizingtheneed,andtheassociatedcosts,ofauxiliarycomponentsandwiring.The execution of all logic is performedevery 2ms regardless of the complexityoramountoflogicusedtherebyprovidingthe determinist operation required forutilitypowersystemcontrolschemes.

Scalable Hardware

The C30 is available with a multitudeof I/O configurations to suit the most

demanding application needs. Theexpandable modular design allows foreasyconfigurationandfutureupgrades.

• Flexible,modularI/Ocoveringabroadrangeofinputsignalsandtrippingschemes

• RTDsandDCmAinputsareavailabletomonitorequipmentparameterssuchastemperature&pressure

IEC 61850 Process BusThe IEC 61850 Process Bus module isdesigned to interface with the MultilinHardFiberSystem,allowingbi-directionalIEC 61850 fiber optic communications.The HardFiber System is designed tointegrate seamlessly with the existingUniversal Relay applications, includingprotection functions,FlexLogic,meteringandcommunications.

TheMultilinHardFiberSystemoffers thefollowingbenefits:

• CommunicatesusingopenstandardIEC61850messaging

• DrasticallyreducesP&Cdesign,installationandtestinglaborbyeliminatingindividualcopperterminations

• IntegrateswithexistingC30’sbyreplacingtraditionalCT/VTinputswithIEC61850ProcessBusmodule

• DoesnotintroducenewCyberSecurityconcerns

Visit theHardFiberSystemproductpageontheGEDigitalEnergywebsiteformoredetails.

Monitoring and MeteringThe C30 provides high resolutionmeasuringofthestatusofexternaldeviceswiredtoitscontactinputs.ThechangingofaContactInputstatuscanbemeasuredandtimestampedwitha0.5msresolutionmakingtheC30idealforbayorsubstationsequenceofeventrecording.

Fault and Disturbance Recording

The advanced disturbance and eventrecording features within the C30 cansignificantly reduce the timeneeded forpostmortem analysis of power systemeventsandcreationofregulatoryreports.

Advanced Device Health Diagnostics

The C30 performs comprehensivedevice health diagnostic tests duringstartup and continuously at runtime totest its ownmajor functions and criticalhardware.Thesediagnostictestsmonitorforconditionsthatcould impactsecurityandavailabilityofprotection,andpresent

The C30 is a complete solution for controlling and monitoring substation devices and can easily be connected directly into DCS or SCADA monitoring and control systems like Viewpoint Monitoring as shown

489

C30Controller System

Spec

ializ

ed P

rote

ctio

n &

Cont

rol

www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

devicestatusviaSCADAcommunicationsand front panel display. Providingcontinuousmonitoringandearlydetectionof possible issueshelps improve systemuptime.

CommunicationsThe C30 p rov ides advancedcommunicationstechnologiesforremotedata and engineering access,making iteasyandflexibletouseandintegrateintonew and existing infrastructures. Directsupport for fiberoptic Ethernetprovideshigh-bandwidthcommunicationsallowingfor low-latency controls andhigh-speedfiletransfersofrelayfaultandeventrecordinformation. The available redundantEthernet option and the embeddedmanaged Ethernet switch providethe means of creating fault tolerantcommunicationarchitectures inaneasy,cost-effectivemannerwithouttheneedforintermediarycommunicationhardware.TheC30supportsthemostpopularindustrystandardprotocolsenablingeasy,directintegrationintoDCSandSCADAsystems.

• IEC61850

• DNP3.0

• EthernetGlobalData(EGD)

• IEC60870-5-104

• ModbusRTU,ModbusTCP/IP

Interoperability with Embedded IEC 61850

Use the C30 with integrated IEC 61850to lower costs associated with breakerprotection, control and automation. GEEnergy’s leadership in IEC 61850 comesfrom thousandsof installeddevicesandfollows on seven years of developmentexperiencewithUCA2.0.

• ReplaceexpensivecopperwiringbetweendeviceswithdirecttransferofdatausingGOOSEmessaging

• ConfiguresystemsbasedonIEC61850andalsomonitorandtroubleshoottheminreal-timewithEnerVistaTMViewpointEngineer

• IntegrateMultilinIEDsandgenericIEC61850-compliantdevicesseamlesslyinEnerVistaTMViewpointMonitoring

Direct I/O Messaging

DirectI/Oallowsforsharingofhigh-speeddigital information betweenmultipleURrelaysviadirectback-to-backconnectionsor multiplexed through a standard DS0multiplexer channel bank. Regardlessoftheconnectionmethod,DirectI/Oprovidescontinuousreal-timechannelmonitoringthatsuppliesdiagnostics informationonchannelhealth.Direct I/O provides superior relay-to-relaycommunications that canbeusedin advanced interlocking, generationrejection and other special protectionschemes.

• Communicationwithupto16URrelaysinsingleorredundantringsratherthanstrictlylimitedtosimplisticpoint-to-pointconfigurationsbetweentwodevices

• ConnecttostandardDS0channelbanksthroughstandardRS422,G.703orIEEEC37.94interfacesorviadirectfiberopticconnections

• Noexternalorhandheldtesterrequiredtoprovidechanneldiagnosticinformation

Multi-Language

TheC30supportsEnglish,French,Russian,andChineselanguagesonthefrontpanel,EnerVistaTMsetupsoftware,andproductmanual. Easily switch between Englishandanadditional languageonthe localdisplayswithoutuploadingnewfirmware.

EnerVistaTM SoftwareTheEnerVista™Suiteisanindustry-leadingsetof softwareprograms that simplifieseveryaspectofusingtheC30relay.TheEnerVistaTM suite provides all the toolsto monitor the status of the protectedasset ,maintain the relay, and integrateinformation measured by the C30 intoDCS or SCADA monitoring systems.Convenient COMTRADE and Sequenceof Events viewers are an integral partof the UR Setup software includedwitheveryURrelay,tocarryoutpostmortemeventanalysistoensureproperprotectionsystemoperation.

EnerVista™ Launchpad

EnerVista™ Launchpad is a powerfulsoftwarepackagethatprovidesuserswith

FlexLogicTM Designer

Flexlogic allows for creating customized C30 substation control schemes that include receiving interlock and lockout functionality using locally measured inputs along with receiving information received from external devices through communications

490

C30Controller SystemSp

ecia

lized

Pro

tect

ion

& Co

ntro

l

www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

allofthesetupandsupporttoolsneededfor configuring andmaintaining Multilinproducts. The setup software withinLaunchpadallowsconfiguringdevices inreal-timebycommunicatingusingserial,Ethernet , or modem connections, orofflinebycreatingsettingfilestobesenttodevicesatalatertime.Included in Launchpad is a documentarchiving and management systemthat ensures critical documentation isup-to-date and available when needed.Documentsmadeavailableinclude:

• Manuals

• ApplicationNotes

• GuideformSpecifications

• Brochures

• WiringDiagrams

• FAQs

• ServiceBulletins

Viewpoint Monitoring

Viewpoint Monitoring is a simple-to-useand full-featured monitoring and datarecording software package for smallsystems.ViewpointMonitoringprovidesacompleteHMIpackagewiththefollowingfunctionality:

• Plug-&-PlayDeviceMonitoring

• SystemSingle-LineMonitoring&Control

• AnnunciatorAlarmScreens

• TrendingReports

• AutomaticEventRetrieval

• AutomaticWaveformRetrieval

Viewpoint Engineer

Viewpoint Engineer is a set of powerfultools that will allow the configurationandtestingofURrelaysatasystemlevelin an easy-to-use graphical drag-and-drop environment . Viewpoint Engineerprovides the followingconfigurationandcommissioningutilities:

• GraphicalLogicDesigner

• GraphicalSystemDesigner

• GraphicalLogicMonitor

• GraphicalSystemMonitor

Viewpoint Maintenance

ViewpointMaintenanceprovidestoolsthatwillcreatereportsontheoperatingstatusoftherelay,simplifythestepstodownloadfaultandeventdata,andreducetheworkrequired for cyber-security complianceaudits. Tools available in ViewpointMaintenanceinclude:

• SettingsSecurityAuditReport

• DeviceHealthReport

• SingleClickFaultDataRetreival

EnerVista™ Integrator

EnerVistaTM Integrator is a toolkit thatallows seamless integration of Multilindevices intonewor existingautomationsystems.IncludedinEnerVistaIntegratoris:

• OPC/DDEServer

• MultilinDrivers

• AutomaticEventRetrieval

• AutomaticWaveformRetrieval

User InterfaceThe C30 front panel provides extensivelocalHMIcapabilities.Thelocaldisplayisused for monitoring, status messaging,faultdiagnosis,anddeviceconfiguration.Userconfigurablemessagesthatcombinetextwithlivedata,canbedisplayedwhenuser-definedconditionsaremet.

The Viewpoint Monitoring software can merge the Events logged by the C30 with those logged in other Multilin relays to create a station wide sequence of event record.

LEDIndicators

Multi-LanguageDisplay• English• Russian• French• Chinese

UserProgrammablePushbuttons

491

C30Controller System

Spec

ializ

ed P

rote

ctio

n &

Cont

rol

www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

Typical Wiring

C30-H00-HCH-F6B-H6E-M6G-P6K-U6D-W6D

DC

DB-9

(front)

UR COMPUTER

1

TXD RXD

RXD TXD

SGND SGND

1 832

207645

22

CONNECTOR

2 23 34 45 56 67 78 89 9

RS-232

1PowerSupply

9

CPU

6Input/output

Input/output

*

JU MX LW KV BHT DN G FPS R

C30 CONTROLLER

I

V

I

V

6BH1b

H2b

H3b

H4b

H5b

H6b

H1a

H2a

H3a

H4a

H5a

H6a

H1c

H2c

H3c

H4c

H5c

H6c

H1

H5

H2

H6

H3

H4

H8a

H7b

H7a

H8c

H7c

SURGEH8b

CRITICALFAILURE

OUTPUT

CONTROLPOWER

HILO

1

FILTERSURGE

3a

1b

8a

6b

8b

6a

BBBBBBBBBB

3b

1a2b

5b

SURGE

H6a

H8a

H5b

H7b

H8b

H5a

H7a

H6c

H8c

H5c

H7c

H1a

H2b

H1cH1b

H2c

H2a

H4a

H4c

H3bH3a

H4b

H3c

H1

H2

H3

H4

6E

M1a

M2b

M1cM1b

M2c

M2a

M4a

M4c

M3bM3a

M4b

M3c

SURGE

M6a

M8a

M5b

M7b

M8b

M5a

M7a

M6c

M8c

M5c

M7c

M1

M2

M3

M4

I

V

I

V

I

V

I

V

6G

U6a

U8a

U5b

U7b

U5a

U7a

U6c

U8c

U5c

U7c

SURGE

U1a

U8b

U4c

U2c

U3aU3c

U1c

U3b

U1b

U4a

U2a

6D

P7a

P1a

P2b

P7c

P1c

P7b

P1b

P8cP8b

P2c

P8a

P2a

P4a

P5b

P4c

P6b

P3bP3a

P6a

P4b

P5c

P5a

P3c

P6c

6K P1

P5

P2

P6

P3

P7

P4

P8

W6a

W8a

W5b

W7b

W5a

W7a

W6c

W8c

W5c

W7c

SURGE

W1a

W8b

W4c

W2c

W3aW3c

W1c

W3b

W1b

W4a

W2a

6D

Minimum

PROVIDED

TC

TC

2

1

com

10BaseFL

10BaseFL

10BaseT

D1aD2a

D4bD3a

D4a IRIG-BInput

IRIG-BOutput

COM1

RS485

ALTERNATE

NORMAL

Tx2Rx2

Tx1Rx1

BNC

BNC

FibreOptic

*

RemoteDevice

Shielded

Co-axial

Co-axial

Multilin

Input/output

*

Input/output

*

Input/output

*

6Input/output

*

492

C30Controller SystemSp

ecia

lized

Pro

tect

ion

& Co

ntro

l

www.GEDigitalEnergy.com

Ordering C30 - * ** - H * * - F ** - H ** - M ** - P ** - U ** - W ** For Full Sized Horizontal MountC30 BaseUnitCPU E RS485+RS485 G RS485+Multi-modeST10BaseF H RS485+Mutli-modeSTRedundant10BaseF J RS485+Multi-modeST100BaseFX K RS485+Multi-modeSTRedundant100BaseFX N RS485+10/100BaseT S RS485+6port,100Mbps,ManagedEthernetSwitchSoftwareOptions 00 NoSoftwareOptions 01 EthernetGlobalData 03 IEC61850 04 EthernetGlobalData(EGD)+IEC61850Mount/Coating H Horizontal(19”rack)-Standard A Horizontal(19”rack)-HarshChemicalEnvironmentOption V Vertical(3/4size)-Standard B Vertical(3/4size)-HarshChemicalEnvironmentOptionUserInterface K EnhancedEnglishFrontPanel L EnhancedEnglishFrontPanelwithUser-ProgrammablePushbuttons M EnhancedFrenchFrontPanel N EnhancedFrenchFrontPanelwithUser-ProgrammablePushbuttons Q EnhancedRussianFrontPanel T EnhancedRussianFrontPanelwithUser-ProgrammablePushbuttons U EnhancedChineseFrontPanel V EnhancedChineseFrontPanelwithUser-ProgrammablePushbuttons F VerticalFrontPanelwithEnglishdisplayPowerSupply H 125/250VAC/DC H RH 125/250VAC/DCwithredundant125/250VAC/DCpowersupply L 24-48V(DConly)IEC61850ProcessBus 81 8PortIEC61850ProcessBusModuleDigitalI/O XX XX XX XX XX XX Nomodule 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4A 4SolidState(NoMonitoring)MOSFETOutputs 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4B 4SolidState(Voltagew/optCurrent)MOSFETOutputs 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4C 4SolidState(Currentw/optVoltage)MOSFETOutputs 4D 4D 4D 4D 4D 4D 16DigitalInputswithAuto-Burnish 4L 4L 4L 4L 4L 4L 14Form-A(NoMonitoring)LatchableOutputs 67 67 67 67 67 67 8 Form-A(NoMonitoring)Outputs 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 6A 2Form-A(Voltagew/optCurrent)&2Form-COutputs,8DigitalInputs 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 6B 2Form-A(Voltagew/optCurrent)&4Form-COutputs,4DigitalInputs 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 6C 8Form-COutputs 6D 6D 6D 6D 6D 6D 16DigitalInputs 6E 6E 6E 6E 6E 6E 4Form-COutputs,8DigitalInputs 6F 6F 6F 6F 6F 6F 8FastForm-COutputs 6G 6G 6G 6G 6G 6G 4Form-A(Voltagew/optCurrent)Outputs,8DigitalInputs 6H 6H 6H 6H 6H 6H 6Form-A(Voltagew/optCurrent)Outputs,4DigitalInputs 6K 6K 6K 6K 6K 6K 4Form-C&4FastForm-COutputs 6L 6L 6L 6L 6L 6L 2Form-A(Currentw/optVoltage)&2Form-COutputs,8DigitalInputs 6M 6M 6M 6M 6M 6M 2 Form-A(Currentw/optVoltage)&4Form-COutputs,4DigitalInputs 6N 6N 6N 6N 6N 6N 4Form-A(Currentw/optVoltage)Outputs,8DigitalInputs 6P 6P 6P 6P 6P 6P 6 Form-A(Currentw/optVoltage)Outputs,4DigitalInputs 6R 6R 6R 6R 6R 6R 2Form-A(NoMonitoring)&2Form-COutputs,8DigitalInputs 6S 6S 6S 6S 6S 6S 2Form-A(NoMonitoring)&4Form-COutputs,4DigitalInputs 6T 6T 6T 6T 6T 6T 4Form-A(NoMonitoring)Outputs,8DigitalInputs 6U 6U 6U 6U 6U 6U 6Form-A(NoMonitoring)Outputs,4DigitalInputs 6V 6V 6V 6V 6V 6V 2Form-A(Curw/optVolt)1Form-COutput,2LatchingOutputs,8DigitalInputsTransducerI/O 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 5A 4dcmAInputs,4dcmAOutputs 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 5C 8RTDInputs 5D 5D 5D 5D 5D 5D 4RTDInputs,4dcmAOutputs 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 5E 4dcmAInputs,4RTDInputs 5F 5F 5F 5F 5F 5F 8dcmAInputsInter-RelayCommunications 2A C37.94SM,1300nmsingle-mode,ELED,1channelsingle-mode 2B C37.94SM,1300nmsingle-mode,ELED,2channelsingle-mode 7A 820nm,multi-mode,LED,1Channel 7B 1300nm,multi-mode,LED,1Channel 7C 1300nm,single-mode,ELED,1Channel 7H 820nm,multi-mode,LED,2Channels 7I 1300nm,multi-mode,LED,2Channels 7J 1300nm,single-mode,ELED,2Channels 7R G.703,1Channel 7S G.703,2Channels 7T RS422,1Channel 7W RS422,2Channels 76 IEEEC37.94,820nm,multimode,LED,1Channel 77 IEEEC37.94,820nm,multimode,LED,2Channels 2S 6port,100Mbps,ManagedEthernetSwitch,HI(125/250VAC/DC) 2T 6port,100Mbps,ManagedEthernetSwitch,LO(24-48Vdc)

• URApplicationsILearningCD TRCD-URA1-C-S-1

• MultilinkEthernetSwitch ML2400-F-HI-HI-A2-A2-A6-G1

• ViewpointEngineer VPE-1

• ViewpointMaintenance VPM-1

• ViewpointMonitoringIEC61850 VP-1-61850

Accessories for the C30 • ViewGuideformspecifications

• Downloadtheinstructionmanual

• Reviewapplicationsnotesandsupportdocuments

• BuyaC30online

• ViewtheURFamilybrochure

Visit www.GEMultilin.com/C30 to:

110503-v3

Ordering Note: ToviewthelatestoptionsavailablefortheC30,ortoordertheURClassicFrontPanel,pleasevisitouronlinestoreformoredetails.