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POWER LINE CARRIER
UCC 2021
SPECIAL FEATURES
• Flexibility for upgrade of existing PLC networks (100% compatible with existing
PA and Line Interface modules of Analog GE PLC equipments)
• Interconnection between a Power Line Carrier and any existing or new E1/T1
Network
• IEC-495 and G.703 standards exceeded.
• Single Side Band modulation under Signal Processing by DSP, NCO, DUC
(Digital Up Converter), DDC (Digital Down Converter), latest technology
devices.
• AF and y RF functionality 100% programmable through a Windows® Interface.
• Line interface filter response selectable by jumpers for the whole frequency range.
• One and Two Channel PLC equipment with Power Output of 50 Watts.
• Hardware, 100% modular.
• Versatility in setup and commissioning.
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INTRODUCTION
PLC de Venezuela S.A., using the most efficient General Electric Technology has
had available for long time a full line of Single Sideband PLC equipment, consisting of
single, dual or 4-Channel equipment in various configurations. This long experience in
Power Line Carrier Systems has been used to design the UCC Plexor Series (Universal
Communications Center), a highly integrated and State of the Art PLC equipment
incorporating Digital Technology to increase its reliability and flexibility, as well as
mechanical arrangement for easier installation and maintenance. This function include a
wide range of Equipment terminals of several power output levels, together with many
optional features to accommodate analog, digital E1/T1, as well as the H.100 standard for
Digital Telephony channels to facilitate integrated system communication design. Drop
and Insert channels to share between analog, digital E1/T1 and Digital Telephony, makes
stronger and flexible equipment.
The frequency range of the equipment is 20 Khz to 500 Khz so that the
advantages of SSB modulation can be used for most efficient spectrum utilization. The
high quality in adjacent channel selectivity, idle channel noise, crosstalk and spurious
output, contribute considerably to the performance of this single sideband system, as well
as the frequency stability over the specified temperature range. For higher reliability the
components are burned-in, to virtually eliminate infant mortality failures. All RF output
and input circuits meet the IEEE SWC transient withstand test which involves 3000 Volts
at 1.5 MHz. This is a significant characteristic for equipment operating in the hostile
climate of Electric utility systems.
MODULATION SCHEME
The most recent improvements asserted in the new UCC Plexor Series terminals,
are oriented to the practical and easy frequency planning and customization of SSB
equipment in site, involving full RF & Audio field programming.
The latest digital devices such as the DUC allows one step modulation from
Audio level to RF, and the DDC allows one step demodulation from RF to Audio level at
a pace of 2.5 Khz, 4.0 Khz, 8 Khz or 16 Khz as shown in the example for the modulation
scheme in Figure 1. For the purpose of the diagram each 0-4 Khz block represents a
single audio channel, and each channel can be utilized in many different ways as covered
under Application Notes. To conserve spectrum, each such channel is positioned side by
side in a frequency spectrum for a multichannel application. Contiguously spaced
channels are available with the UCC.
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Figure 1. Modulation scheme
CHANNEL UTILIZATION
Figure 2 shows some of the combinations of functions that can be applied within
each 0 to 4 Khz channel in a single sideband system. It is obvious from these diagrams
that many other combinations are possible which gives considerable flexibility in the
utilization of single sideband. This channel share both voice and telecontrol signals, it
will be implemented in channels 1 & 2. The telecontrol signals are representative of a
Multi-tone system.
Figure 2. Channel Utilization
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SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
The modularity of the UCC (Plexor Series) allows high flexibility to comply with
different requirements; the main modules are:
• PA – POWER AMPLIFIER
• LINE INTERFACE
• TRANSCEIVER
POWER AMPLIFIER
Is a 50W balanced linear power amplifier which will be optionally used with
another one to provide 100W power transmission.
LINE INTERFACE
This 3U shelf contains the following internal modules:
• Balance Board: Used to combine the two 50W amplifiers
• Transient filter: 20-500 kHz programmable (jumper selectable) TX filter
• Front End Filter: 20-500 kHz programmable (jumper selectable) RX filter.
• Line Board: Contains the skewed hybrid, impedance matching and Rx
adjustable attenuator.
TRANSCEIVER
Is the digital processing module which contains the following modules:
• 4W E&M interface: Allows interconnection to external PABX or 4W data
modem
• FXS/FXO: Allows interconnection to external 2 wire telephone or 2W
telephone trunk.
• TELEPROTECTION: Provides up to 4 trips commands located in one 4
kHz channel.
• E1: Provides interface to an existing or future E1 trunk to be transferred
(as maximum four 64kbps voice channels) to the PLC link.
• XCVR PROCESSOR: Implements the digital filtering of the channels and
the channel mapping. Each XCVR processor will allocate up to two 4kHz
channels and a maximum of two XCVR processors boards will operate on
one UCC2021 equipment.
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Figure 3. System Architecture
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PLC
PLC
UCC 2021
UCC 2021
Figure 4. Chassis dimensions
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TELEPROTECTION INTERFACE
F6 teleprotection is a single tone system in that is sends only one tone at a time, making it
ideal for PLC. Different combinations of inputs use a priority scheme to generate the
correct tone and the correct output on the receiving side. This system can have 2, 4 or 8
inputs and outputs which are programmable as follows. Each input can be inverted or not
and if 8 inputs are employed, paired inputs can be AND’ed or OR’ed to form each of the
4 command inputs.
Once the input commands have been determined, the transmitted command is determined
according to the priority chart. Two charts are available, based on the mode setting,
“2+2” or “3+1”. The following charts are used. The 2+2 mode is typically used for
parallel line applications, while the 3+1 mode is typically used for single pole trip
applications.
Input TX Frequency Receiver
Command Command (2/coded) outputs
(actual TX)
No Input None 3840 None
No input Test F1 None
A A F3 A
B B F5 B
A&B A&B F7 A&B
C C F2,F4 C
D D F2,F6 D
C&D C&D F4,F6 C&D
A&D A&D F6,F8 A&D
B&C B&C F4,F8 B&C
A&C C F2,F4 C
B&D D F2,F6 D
A&B&C B&C F4,F8 B&C
A&B&D A&D F6,F8 A&D
A&C&D C&D F4,F6 C&D
B&C&D C&D F4,F6 C&D
A&B&C&D C&D F4,F6 C&D
Table 1 Command Priority Table for “2+2” Mode
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The transmitted command is sent to the PLC transceiver after an appropriate de-bounce
period.
Depending on the mode and the command, the transceiver sends one frequency for the
entire time or switches back and forth between two frequencies. The single frequency is
considered un-coded operation. Un-coded is less secure and is used for permissive
applications. Coded transmission consists of two frequencies sent one after the other for a
specified time. The receiver must receive each tone for a specified time period before
declaring a valid trip reception.
Once the receiving DSP has determined that a valid trip has been received, the RX trip
command is sent to the MTS where it is decoded into output contacts according to a user
setup similar to that for the inputs.
Input TX Frequency Receiver
Command Command (2/coded) outputs
(actual TX)
No Input None 3840 None
No input Test F1 Test
A A F3 A
B B F5 B
A&B D F2,F6 D
C C F7 C
D D F2,F6 D
C&D D F2,F6 D
A&D D F2,F6 D
B&C D F2,F6 D
A&C D F2,F6 D
B&D D F2,F6 D
A&B&C D F2,F6 D
A&B&D D F2,F6 D
A&C&D D F2,F6 D
B&C&D D F2,F6 D
A&B&C&D D F2,F6 D
Table 2 Command Priority Table for “3+1” Mode
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ADITIONAL FEATURES
Selectable unblock logic
In the event that the receiver enters an alarm state, the outputs programmed for
unblocking will go active after 20 mS and will remain active for 150 mS.
Integrated SOE
The Teleprotection interface stores up to 100 events including; Time/Date, Address signal
fail, CRC errors, Input/Output contact status, and Channel Delay (Ping-Pong)
Trip Counters
Trip counters are available to record how many times each command is sent or received.
The counters roll over after 255 counts.
Integrated Test Switch
The Teleprotection interface supports the connection of an integrated test panel. The test
panel can be mounted inside the door of the UCC-2021. The test panel has a 5 position
rotary switch, a pushbutton, and a toggle switch. The rotary switch has Normal, Input #1,
Input #2, Input #3 and Input #4 positions.
Selecting Input 1 through 4 positions will not do anything until the pushbutton will send
the command corresponding to the selecting position.
The toggle switch disables the local outputs.
MAN MACHINE INTERFACE
A Windows program allows the UCC to configure all the parameters like the Channel
mapping for the SSB/E1/T1/H.100, load the carrier frequency to the NCO, output power
level, as well as to measure the SNR, Alarms, etc..
Figure 5. MMI start up screen
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The channel configuration will be performed easily and graphically through screens as
the following:
Figure 6. Configuration screen
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APPLICATIONS
The UCC (Plexor Series) has being designed to satisfy all the requirements for a Power
Line Carrier System, and by means of the Drop and Insert feature the UCC integrate a
Power Line Carrier channel with a Digital E1 or T1 frame, either Fiber Optic or Electrical
Interface. The data Transmission, voice, telemetry, as well as teleprotection functions can
be adapted to any existing Power Line Carrier System by suitable interfaces in 2 or 4
wires, with or without signaling, direct connection to any standard modem, fax, PABX or
telephone available in the market. A typical Power Line Carrier application is illustrated
in the following figure:
Figure 7 Typical Applications
According to figure 7 the UCC can be applied in several configurations such as:
• Channel 1, SSB link between Substations B and C.
• Channel 2, SSB link, between A and C, digitally repeated at B.
• Channel 3, E1 link between B and D.
• Channel 4, E1 link between B and D, repeated in SSB from B to A.
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SSB SSB
CC CC CC CC
LT LT LT LT
UCC UCC UCC UCC
2020 2020 2020 2020
CH-1 Digital CH-2
CH-2 Repeater
CH-1
Sub-station
B
SSB
CH-1 CH-1
SSB SSB
CH-2 CH-2
Figure 8 UCC with Digital repeater
The UCC as a Digital Repeater
Digital repeaters offer a distinct economic advantage over audio repeaters because a
digital repeater is done digitally at 2 MBPS avoiding the DAC & ADC process. Some
others configurations will be implemented performing a mixture between digital systems
like E1 and PLC.
Figure 9- UCC 2021 digitally interfaced with an E1 system
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
ENVIROMENTAL CONDITIONS
Ambient Temperature Range ...............................-20 to + 65ºC
Relative Humidity ................................................0 to 95% non condensing
RF BAND
Frequency range ...................................................20 – 500 kHz
Full duplex Channels............................................2 per Transceiver (up to 4 SSB CH per
Terminal)
Channel Bandwidth ..............................................2.5 kHz, 4 kHz
Power output ........................................................50, 100 Watt PEP
Coupling Impedance ………………………..50, 75, 125 Ω unbalanced, 150 Ω Balanced
Selectivity
Overall (4 kHz from Bandedge) .............. ≤ -75 dBmO
Channel (0.3 kHz from Bandedge).......... ≤ -65 dBmO
AF BAND
AGC dynamic range.............................................+14 to -26 dB (IEC 495 recomm)
Background Noise ................................................≤ -55 dBm0p (IEC 495 recomm)
Harmonic Distortion.............................................≤ -40 dBmO F=400 Hz (IEC 495 recomm.)
Group Delay .........................................................300/3400 Hz (IEC 495 recomm.)
Frequency Stability ..............................................± .5 Hz at 250 kHz (±2 ppm)
Tx Line Filters......................................................Adjustable from 20 to 500 kHz
Rx Line Filters......................................................Adjustable from 20 to 500 kHz
Minimum sensitivity ............................................-30 dBm
SIGNALLING
Frequency.............................................................3825 Hz, optional inband
Type of Modulation..............................................FSK
Frequency Shift ....................................................± 30 Hz from channel center frequency
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TELEPROTECTION INTERFACE
Seismic Withstand TBD
Input / Output Voltage operating voltage range:
48 Vdc 38-60 Vdc
125 Vdc 88-150 Vdc
250 Vdc 200-280 Vdc
Input threshold 1/2 nominal station battery
Solid-State Outputs
Maximum continuous output current 1 Amp
Minimum output current 20 mA
Maximum open circuit voltage 280VDC
Maximum turn on delay 100 µS
Optional Relay Outputs
Maximum continuous output current 1 Amp (inductive)
Maximum surge current (100ms) 30 Amp
Maximum Breaking Current 1A (resistive)
Maximum open circuit voltage 280VDC
Maximum opertate time 5 mS
ESD Withstand C37.90.3
RFI Withstand C37.90.2
SWC Withstand C37.90.1 (Power and Alarm inputs only)
Dielectric Withstand 2500 VDC (Power and Alarm inputs only)
Alarm Relay
Output Form “C” (spdt)
Open Circuit Voltage 300 VDC
Current (continuous) 1 AMP
Breaking Current 1 AMP, Non-inductive
PERFORMANCE ESPECIFICATIONS
Security, dependability and trip time are all defined by IEC 60834-1 in the following table.
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Protection Scheme Max. Channel Noise Duration Security Dependability
Trans. Quality Tb ms Puc Pmc
Time (ms) S/N (dB)
Blocking 15 6 Continuous n/a 1.E-03
Blocking 15 Worst Case 200 1.E-03 n/a
Permisive Underreach 20 6 Continuous or pulsed n/a 1.E-02
Permisive Underreach 20 Worst Case 200 4.E-03 n/a
Permisive Overreach 23 6 Continuous or pulsed n/a 1.E-03
Permisive Overreach 20 Worst Case 200 1.E-03 n/a
Intertripping 40 6 Continuous or pulsed n/a 1.E-04
Intertripping 40 Worst Case 200 1.E-06 n/a
Table 3 Teleprotection interface performance.
Note that Maximum Transmission time is actually the maximum transmission time under noisy
conditions at the SNR given for dependability. The times exclude the PLC delay of 2ms. Since
the UCC 2021 is integrated, the end to end time should be used.
For more information regarding the UCC 2021 Power Line Carrier Equipment please contact:
Calle 8, Edificio PLC, La Urbina, Caracas MI 1073, VENEZUELA
Tel: +58 212 2436055 / +58 212 2436064 Fax
Sales contact:
[email protected] Technical Support:
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