EcoStruxure Communication Protocols

EcoStruxure Power digital platform uses open communication protocols to aggregate data from connected products installed in MV/LV equipment, metering, and other sensors. These include:

• Modbus over serial communication

• Modbus TCP

• Industry standard wireless communication

• Other standard protocols used in the electrical distribution domain such as IEC61850

The preferred method of system and connected product communications is direct Ethernet.

Modern sophisticated power system connected products have rich data types that can generate large amounts of data, such as power quality data, which requires a high bandwidth connection to the monitoring software.

For connected products with serial communication only, the connection is made via gateways through serial daisy-chains with, typically recommended, not more than eight connected products.