OPU-1
UNIVERSAL POWER-LINE CARRIER SYSTEM TYPE OPU-1
GENERAL DESCRIPTION - Rev 7 (May 2019)
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FIGURE 3
Automatic fall-back/increase rates (QAM)
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Ethernet user interface with built-in bridge functionality.
On the front plate of the terminal it is available an Ethernet user interface which is of utility
when using the OPU-1 for the interconnection of different line segments. In this case, the
built-in Ethernet bridge selects the frames to be transmitted to the remote end, thus
making a more efficient use of the communications channel.
The information is multiplexed with the rest of speech and data channels and
transmitted in the QAM signal.
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SNMP agent.
The OPU-1 terminals can include an SNMP agent to make GET and SET operations as
well as to send TRAP and INFORM notifications (unsolicited information spontaneously
transmitted) about alarms and events of the terminal to the devices specified by the user,
and this makes it possible to monitor the OPU-1 terminal from an SNMP management
application.
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Narrow-Band High-Frequency Teleprotection functionality.
This functionality is the best solution for PLC networks with frequency congestion. It
enables electrical power utilities to transmit teleprotection commands over high-voltage
lines, in only one standard 4 kHz channel, using 2 kHz for Tx and 2 kHz for Rx.
This functionality implies a specific hardware architecture of the terminal.