7SG15 MicroTAPP Communications Interface
2.2 Fibre Optic Cable
The modular II relay is optimised to use either a 50/125 µm or 62.5/125 µm glass fibre optic cable.
Fibre-optic transmission distances vary with transmitter, receiver and type of fibre. The tables at the end of this
section show the achievable distances between Reyrolle devices.
2.3 Connection Methods
The fibre-optic ports of the relay are intended for connection to a master station or an adjacent relay either using a
‘star’ or ‘ring’ configuration. The “Transmit” output on the MicroTAPP must be connected to the “Receive” input of
the next device, while the “Receive” input on the MicroTAPP must be connected to the “Transmit” output of the
next device, see Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 attached to the end of this section.
The fibre-optic ports may be used to build a ring network of relays, see Figures 2 & 3. If a ring is not considered to
have sufficient security a Sigma 1 can be utilised to create a star network, see Figure 4.
Remote Dial-Up can be achieved with the use of telephone modems, see Figure 5. More information on
connecting using telephone modems is given in the Reyrolle document 434/TIR/007.
Connection to the electrical port is via a standard modem cable.
3 Relay Settings
3.1 Transmission Method
Half duplex
serial asynchronous transmission.
3.2 Communications Menu
The relay communications are set-up by accessing the ‘configuration/communications’ menu of the relay.
Relay settings should be matched to the settings on the master station. The settings for Com2 apply to both the
fibre-optic and electrical ports.
3.2.1 Station
Address
This is the relay's unique identifier for communications. The valid addresses are 1 to 254, allowing 254 devices on
a network. Address 0 switches communications to the relay off.
3.2.2 IEC60870 on Port
Sets the port the IEC60870-5-103 protocol should operate on, either Com1 or Com2.
3.2.3 Com1 Baud Rate and Com2 Baud Rate
Sets the rate, the respective port will operate at in bits per second. Options are 75, 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200,
2400, 4800, 9600, 19200, 38400, 57600 and 115200.
3.2.4 Com1 Parity and Com2 Parity
Sets the parity used by the port. Options are None, Even and Odd.
3.2.5 Com1 Line Idle and Com2 Line Idle
Sets the line idle state used by the port, either
light off
or
light on
.
IEC60870-5-103 defines the line idle state as light on. However, some hardware may not be able to produce this
so an option to switch to
light off
is provided.
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