Installation Guide

Table Of Contents

ECN 7000 Series Hardware 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 Operating System (COS)

software platform, which is part of the Echelon Networked Energy Services

(NES) system. COS 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 the hardware within for the ECN 7650 device. It also

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) voltage electrical power distribution grids. You should also

understand the communications requirements for your grid applications, and be

comfortable working with printed circuit board (PCB) cards.

For the installation information, 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.