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Microsemi SyncServer SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock

SyncServer SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock
Description

The SyncServer® SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock is designed for the specific requirements of power utility substations; supporting existing network equipment and ready for IEC 61850 Smart Grid applications. Using the IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol, the SGC-1500 enables microsecond timing accuracy essential to the Smart Grid.

Accurate, secure and reliable time synchronisation is an operational necessity in the new world of smart substations. The Microsemi® SyncServer® SGC-1500 Smart Grid Clock is designed specifically for the migration of power utility substations to the Smart Grid. It delivers the timing required by traditional substations as well as the new smart substations.

The SGC-1500 is ideally suited to synchronise automated operations that increase efficiency and respond instantly to conditions that threaten outages. The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61850 standard for electrical substation automation requires microsecond timing accuracy for applications such as wide area measurement systems, traveling wave fault locators, and sample values. The SGC-1500 is an IEEE 1588 Precision Time Protocol (PTP) Grandmaster supporting the IEEE defined Power Profile that is optimised for time distribution over the substation local area network.

The SGC-1500 includes a highly accurate Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) clock that is synchronised to an internal time optimised GPS receiver. Its high performance network timing engine is compliant with the new IEEE C37.238-2011 PTP Power Profile standard. On the output side, the SGC-1500 includes multiple gigabit Ethernet ports to interface to and synchronise station and process bus devices with PTP. Separate network ports are provided for remote and local management.

Oscillator upgrade to rubidium provides maximum clock holdover performance during dropouts of the time reference signals and helps mitigate GPS vulnerabilities.

The SGC-1500 also offers strong support for IRIG and other legacy timing interfaces required by IEDs and other substation devices. Multiple outputs are available to provide a wide variety of time code and pulse output signals, as well as optional T1/E1 outputs.

The SGC-1500 is the most powerful substation master clock available today. It is intuitive to use and securely provides all the timing inputs and outputs required within smart and traditional substations.

Features
  • PTP Power Profile grandmaster IEEE C37.238-2011
  • Multiple gigabit Ethernet network ports
  • Multiple time code and pulse outputs
  • Internal GPS receiver accurate to<50 nanoseconds to UTC
  • Time code generator supports IRIG-B, IEEE C37.118.1-2011
  • Secure web based management
  • Electromagnetic compatibility hardened to IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613-1
  • NERC CIP compliant
  • Dual DC power inputs
  • Rubidium oscillator, option
  • PTP Telecom Profile input, option
  • Telecom T1/E1 sync outputs, option
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