The UniControl is a peripheral monitoring system with "distributed intelligence" designed for technological plants (data transmission centers, power stations, radio bridges, industrial production lines, autonomous equipment, unmanned plants, etc.).
It controls the functional cycle of plant (alarms, pre-alarms and signals) wiht a high level of reliability; it ensure a monitoring of "technological parameters" (electrical voltage, electrical currents, piezometric levels etc.) and "environmental parameters" (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc.).
It allows the user to implement commands (by actuator) by remote control and/or on site. It uses a modular structure, composed of a Master Module, and input/out modules, very easy to install.
Unicontrol can manage a high number of input/output signals coming from the plant to be controlled.
Master Module
The Master module, called U/MST/MP, is the "user interface" of the Peripheral Monitoring System, because it displays the acquired information.
It also manages the "network data collection" of the peripheral monitoring system and allows the remote-control of the supervision software.
In detail:
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It collects the acquired information from the input/output modules, checking the working-state of plants.
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It performs the correlations among input/output modules.
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It performs automatic calls to the supervision software.
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It operates through remote-control, by common networks (LAN Ethernet, PSTN, GSM/GPRS, etc.) and/or a supplementary backup line, when necessary
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It shows, on a graphic display and a keyboard, alarms, signals, input/output module failures, and measurements.
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It manages an archive of past events and measurements.
Modules input/output
The input/output modules are connected to each other by a BUS, and they also interact with the master module; they acquire signals and implement commands (by actuator).
The common characteristics of every module are:
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Opto-isolated Bus.
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Opto-isolated power supply.
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On-board calendar for data storage, on non-volatile memory, with time-reference.
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Installation on DIN rail.
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Connectors with screw clamp
Digital input modules
They acquire and memorize digital signals, that can be configured as alarm, prealarm, and signal-state. Every input of the module, is individually opto-isolated.
Analog input modules
They acquire and memorize technological parameters (electrical voltage, electrical currents, piezometric levels etc.) and "environmental parameters" (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc.)
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U/MCC/MP: This module acquires and memorizes voltage, electrical currents of a DC line 0÷80 Vdc. Voltage is measured directly, whereas the current is measured by a hall effect sensor 0÷5V (ring or split), or by a shunt 0÷60mV or by a transducer 4÷20 mA.
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U/MCA/MP: This module acquires and memorizes the voltage and electrical currents of an AC line monophase. The measure of electrical voltage is direct up to 270 Volt between phase and neutral, and with an external voltage transformer for higher voltage. The measure of electrical current is direct up to 35 Ampere, and with an external current transformer for higher currents.
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U/TCA/MP: This module acquires and memorizes voltage, electrical currents of an AC line three-phase. The measure of electrical voltage is direct up to 270Volt between phase and neutral, with an external voltage transformer for higher voltage.The measure of electrical current is direct up to 35 Ampere, with an external current transformer for higher currents.
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U/02IA/MP e U/05IA/MP: They acquire and memorize 2 and 5 analog independent signals ,respectively. Every module input can be configured and connected to a different kind of transducer (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc.). The transducers with output of 0÷5Vdc are directly connected to the module. The transducers with different outputs of (0÷20mA, 4÷20mA, 0÷10Vdc, etc) are connected to the module via signal converters.
Digital output modules
They operate the activation and deactivation of relay output (6Ampere, 250Vca).
For every single output of the module, it is possible to configure the output’s logic (normally/open, normally/closed).
The activation of every output, is manual or automatic.
The manual one is managed by local and/or remote operator.
The automatic one is managed by the master module automatically, depending on events of the plant monitored.
Analog output modules
They allow the user to regulate analog output 0÷5Vdc. Every output can be configured and connected to a different kind of device.
Stand-Alone modules
These modules are devices with a common characteristic: they can be integrated in the Unicontrol monitoring system, or they can be stand-alone devices.
In both cases, they can be remotely controlled by supervision software XOne.
The devices that can be integrated in the Unicontrol Sistem are: