GE’s Multilin G500, a member of the advanced Multi-function Controller Platform (MCP), offers a high capacity, secure, future-proof, and substation-hardened set of modular and scalable hardware and software components designed to simplify the deployment, operation and maintenance of automation systems.
This advanced hardware platform makes it it possible for a single device to host multiple functions and applications such as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Concentrator, Remote terminal Unit (RTU), Human Machine Interface (HMI), advanced cyber security features, and non-operational data storage. By these functions, substation operators can reduce the cost of deployment and operation while increasing system reliability through a reduced number of devices in the system.
Key Benefits
Standardize substation architectures with a cost-effective, IEC 61850-3 compliant platform, scalable for small to large systems with up to 200,000 data points
Simplify engineering and operations through consolidation of functions
Reduce system cost by eliminating dedicated HMI computers, external Ethernet switches and leveraging the built-in configurable PRP
Optimize Cyber Security management with hardened Linux based operating system and container technologies enabling modular updates instead of single image updates
Improve Cyber Security protection with state of the art Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technologies for data encryption
Improve time synchronization performance with Precision Time Protocol (PTP/IEEE1588)
Expand serial connectivity to up to 20 physical ports with the three PCIe expansion modules and up to 120 virtual ports
Cost-effective retrofit solutions where individual automation and communication components can be replaced by only one device
Ease of use and configuration and standardization with graphical configurations, drop down menus, preconfigured device maps, and single platform DS Agile Studio software
Key Benefits
Centralized automation for transmission & distribution substations
Industrial substations automation systems
Asset performance management
Distribution automation & microgrid
Secure substation automation systems
Retrofit of substation automation systems