User's Manual

Table Of Contents

Edge Control Node 7000 Series Installation Guide iii

Welcome

To improve both reliability and efficiency, national and regional power

distribution grids must become smarter. They must also be able to manage

themselves using intelligent distributed control and be able to communicate with

any device, over any network or protocol, to optimize grid operations and

anticipate problems before they occur.

The Echelon

Edge Control Node (ECN) 7000 Series of open and extensible

hardware products enable power distribution grids to become smarter. The ECN

7000 Series distributes the intelligence that public and private electrical power

utilities need to monitor and control devices at the edge of the grid. The edge of

the grid is the critical point where the distribution network connects to customers

and where energy supply and demand are becoming increasingly unpredictable

and complex.

The ECN 7000 Series is powered by the Echelon Control System (ECoS) software

platform, which is part of the Echelon Networked Energy Services (NES) system.

ECoS software provides an open, secure, and modular software framework that

allows you to host hundreds of new applications that are needed for a smarter

grid. This powerful hardware and software combination brings intelligent

distributed control to the edge of the grid for maximum reliability, survivability,

and responsiveness.

This manual describes how a utility worker installs an ECN 7650 device on a

utility power pole or a transformer pad.

Audience

This document assumes that you have a good understanding of medium (<50 kV)

and low (<1 kV) power electrical power distribution grids. You should be able to

make electrical connections to medium and low power distribution transformers,

and be able to make physical connections for electrical devices within the

medium and low power electrical distribution grid. You must also understand

the safety requirements for working within this environment.