2nd Edition

UC 500E Station Server

2 CHASSIS VARIANTS
19" Rack-mounted (2U)[Up to 12 serial
ports and 4 Ethernet ports]
19" Rack-mounted (3U) [for more than
12 serial ports]

HIGH PERFORMANCE
HARDWARE
Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz
2 GB DDR2 SRRAM SO-DIMM
4 or 64 GB Flash Memory for data log
HIGH RELIABILITY
No ventilation fans
Redundancy options
Self-monitoring
4 SUPPLY VOLTAGE RANGES

Introduction
The UC-500E Ed. 2 is one of the UC 500
Station Server family products from Efacec,
part of the CLP-500 platform.
UC 500E features an industrial grade
fanless hardware platform, suitable for
harsh environments and targeting minimal
maintenance. It can be deployed in
multiple applications such as distributed
RTUs, DCS plant control systems,
Substation Automation Systems, Station
HMI, Front-end Processors, etc.
UC 500E shares all the common UC 500
software components including the multiprotocol multi-channel gateway with
options for either station IED data
aggregation, connectivity to multiple local
or remote control and management
systems, RTU/telecontrol or gateways or
SCADA front-end processors.
The
built-in
logic
engine,
fully
programmable in IEC 61131-3 languages,

allows further application flexibility, either

as an application-layer gateway and data
processor or as a full automation SoftPLC
controller.
The optional HMI 500 server supports
alarms and events, data historian as well as
multi-client web-based user interface,
featuring advanced 2D vector graphics,
tagging and trending.
The UC 500E is available with pre-installed
software and is fully configurable and
managed through the Efacec Automation
Studio integrated engineering environment
out of the box, hence providing application
flexibility
without
compromising
engineering efficiency.
Designed for open systems and third-party
product integration, UC 500E provides best
integration when deployed in CLP 500
systems.

24 V d.c.
48 V d.c.
110/120 V d.c.
220 V d.c. / 230 V a.c.

IEC 61131-3 PROGRAMMING

General purpose SoftPLC
EMBEDDED SCADA/HMI
SERVER
Web-enabled full-blown vector
graphics HMI/SCADA interface
MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION
OPTIONS

IEC 61850
IEC 60870-5-101/103/104
DNP 3
OPC
Many other serial or IP communication
protocols available

AUTOMATION STUDIO-READY
Integrated configuration and
programming
Simplified engineering and handling

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Overview
The UC-500E is a rack mounted industrial PC. The chassis is designed to meet the EIA 310C 19 rack mount rugged
Industrial PC Chassis, targeted for severe industrial environments. It was designed to isolate all the computer
components from shock, vibration, heat, dust, sprayed water and moisture. The chassis was tested under the conditions
specified in several international standards and it is CE approved. All UC 500E components are labelled, tested and
assembled according to the ISO-9001 standards.
Efacec keeps track of the computer components, from the purchasing till the commissioning and maintenance, in order
to meet the customer and Efacec quality goals.

Feature Summary
Chassis Variants:
19" Rack-mounted (2U) [Up to 12 serial ports and 4 Ethernet ports]
19" Rack-mounted (3U) [for more than 12 serial ports]
Processor Board:
CPU
RAM 2GB
Core Flash Disk (4GB)
Additional Flash Disk (4GB)
Additional SSD (64GB)
Availability Configurations:
Hardware Watchdog and Auto-reset (Detection of hardware and OS failures)
Software Failure Detection and Recovery (Self-healing of software module failures)
Hot-standby Configuration
(2 units with HW Wdog and I/O, Changeover panel, 8 serial ports max)
RTC Synchronisation:
SNTP client
By Communication Protocol
HW Interfaces:
2 x USB (front panel) + 2 x USB (rear panel)
Keyboard/mouse (rear panel)
4 x RS232
Expansion RS232/485 Serial Ports (in modules of 4 or 8 ports, each module RS485 or RS232)
Expansion 2 x 10/100/1000BaseTx
I/O (Rear Panel):
Watchdog, General Purpose Status (6 DI + 4 DO)
Operating System
Windows XP Embedded
Self-diagnostics
System Logs, Online Self-monitoring
Communication Gateway Modules Slaves/Servers
IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP)
IEC 60870-5-101 (UDP/IP)
DNP 3.0 (UDP/TCP/IP)
DNP 3.0 (Serial)
IEC 60870-5-101 (Serial)
Modbus (Serial)
Others (Please Contact)
Communication Gateway Modules Masters/Clients
IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP)
IEC 60870-5-101 (UDP/IP)
DNP 3.0 (UDP/TCP/IP)
DNP 3.0 (Serial)
SNMP/ICMP (UDP/IP)
IEC 60870-5-101 (Serial)
IEC 60870-5-103 (Serial)
SPABus (Serial)
Modbus (Serial)
Modbus Plus (TCP/IP)
JBus (Serial)
Others (Please Contact)
For Distributed Automation
IEC 61850-8-1 MMS Client (TCP/IP)
IEC 61850-8-1 MMS Server (TCP/IP)
and GOOSE publish/subscribe

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Atom N270 @ 1.6GHz

(4,8,12 or 16)

Master / Clients
Slaves / Servers
HMI Engine

8
8

HMI 500 Server/Web Server

Alarms
Trends

Soft PLC
IEC 61131-3 Programming
Application Size

1024 Tags
8000 Tags
32000 Tags

64000 Tags
Number of Simultaneous HMI Clients
1 Client
4 Clients
8 Clients
Configuration, Operational Support & Programming
Automation Studio

UC 500E Ed. 2

Others (Please Contact)

Number of Different Protocols

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Technical Specifications
Main Characteristics
Processor

1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270

RAM Memory

2 GB DDR2 SRRAM SO-DIMM

Flash Memory

4 GB Type II Compactflash
or, in option,
64 GB IDE Flash Disk

PCI

One PC/104-Plus (ISA + PCI bus)

IDE

One 44-pin IDE connector

Ventilation Fans

NO

Power Supply
Voltage Ranges

Power Consumption

24 V d.c.

(19 ..36 V d.c)

48 V d.c.

(36..72 V d.c.)

110/125 V d.c.

(72..144 V d.c.)

220 V d.c. / 230 V a.c.

(124..370 V d.c. / 88..264 V a.c.)

40 W / 80 VA max

Binary Inputs
6 binary galvanic isolated inputs

Rated Voltage

48 V d.c.

Operational Range

32 ... 96 V d.c.

Power Consumption

< 0,1 W

4 normally open free of potential relay contacts

Rated Voltage

250 V a.c.

Watchdog output (normally closed)

Max. Switching Voltage

400 V a.c.

Rated Current

5A

Breaking Capacity Max.

1250 VA

Insulation between open contacts

1000 V rms

Insulation between contact and coil

2500 V rms

Four RS-232- serial ports (COM1 to COM4).

Connectors: 9 pole male type D connectors in

rear panel.

2 x LAN 10/100/1000 MBit/s

Ethernet connector: RJ-45

Up to 4 or 8 serial ports (COM5 to COM 20),

total of 20 serial ports

Connector: 9 pole male type D connectors in

rear panel.

2 x LAN 10/100/1000 MBit/s

Ethernet connector: RJ-45

Binary Outputs

Local connections for diagnose purposes

2 VGA outputs for external analogue CRT/LCD
Frontal Panel: 2 USB 2.0 ports
Rear Panel: 2 USB 2.0 ports
PS2 mouse connector
PS2 keyboard connector
Communication Interfaces
Base

Expansion (optional)

Environmental conditions

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Operating Temperature Range

- 10 C to + 60 C

Storage Temperature Range

- 25 C to + 70 C

Relative humidity

10 to 90%

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CE Marking
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

Immunity

EN 61000-6-2 : 2005
EN 60870-2-1 : 1996

Emission

EN 61000-6-4 : 2007
EN 60870-2-1 : 1996

Low Voltage Directive

EN 60950-1 : 2006 + A11: 2009

EN 60255-5 : 2001

Insulation Tests
High Voltage Test

EN 60255-5

2,5 kV a.c. 1 min 50 Hz

3 kV d.c. 1 min (power supply)

Impulse Voltage Test

EN 60255-5

5 kV 1,2/50 s, 0,5 J

Insulation Resistance

EN 60255-5

> 100 M

Electrostatic Discharge Immunity Test

EN 61000-4-2

8 kV contact; 15 kV air

Electromagnetic Field Immunity Test

EN 61000-4-3

80 MHz3000 MHz; 10 V/m

Fast Transient Disturbance Immunity Test

EN 61000-4-4

4 kV 5/50 ns

Surge Immunity Test

EN 61000-4-5

4/2 kV, 1,2 / 50 s

EN 61000-4-6

10 V r.m.s., 150 kHz80 MHz

@ 1 kHz 80% am

EN 61000-4-8

100 A/m cont; 1000 A/m 3 s

EN 61000-4-11

500 ms @ 70%; 200 ms @ 40%

500 ms @ 40%;

EN 61000-4-29

500 ms @ 70%; 200 ms @ 40%

500 ms @ 40%;

EN 61000-4-11

20, 50 and 500 ms

EN 61000-4-29

20, 50 and 500 ms

EN 61000-4-12

2,5 kV common mode

1 kV differential mode

Radiated Emission

EN 55022

30 1000 MHz class A

Conducted Emission

EN 55022

0,15 30 MHz class A

Harmonic Currents Emission Test

EN 61000-3-2

Class A

Voltage Fluctuation and Flicker Emission Test

EN 61000-3-3

Class A

@ 500 V d.c.

EMC Immunity Tests

Conducted RF Disturbance Test

Power Frequency Magnetic Field Immunity Test
Voltage Variations Immunity Test

Voltage Interruptions Immunity Test

1 MHz Burst Disturbance Test

EMC Emission Tests

Mechanical Tests
Vibration Tests (sinusoidal)

IEC 60255-21-1, IEC 60870-2-2, Class Cm, 2 g, 9 Hz to

200 Hz

Shock and Bump Tests

IEC 60255-21-2, IEC 60870-2-2, Class Bm, 10 g, 11 ms

Degrees of Protection Provided by Enclosures for Electrical Equipment Against

External Mechanical Impacts (IK Code)

EN 50102, IK07

Environmental Tests
Cold Test, IEC 60068-2-1

- 25 C, 72h

Dry Heat Test, IEC 60068-2-2

+ 70 C, 72h

Damp Heat Test, cyclic, IEC 60068-2-30

+ 40 C, 95% RH, 96 h (12h + 12h cycle)

Degree of Protection according to EN 60529, frontal side, flush mounted

IP54

Degree of Protection according to EN 60529, rear side

IP20

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Operating System
Microsoft Windows XP Embedded
Configuration
Automation Studio
User Software for automation functions
According IEC 61131-3, using Automation Studio tool
Communication Protocols
A wide range of protocols.
Please contact Efacec to request updated list of supported protocols.
Synchronization
UC 500E Rule

Master or slave

Through LAN

1 ms resolution

Through serial port

1 s resolution

Dimensions

Rear panel view

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Connections Diagram

Base Modules

RS232 Serial Ports

Type DB-9 Pin,
Male Connector
1
DCD
2
RxD
3
TxD
4
DTR
5
GND
6
DSR
7
RTS
8
CTS
9
RI

RS485 Serial Ports

Type DB-9 Pin,
Male connector
1
DATA2
DATA+

Optional Modules

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UC 500E Ed. 2

Order Form
UC 500E-2- A1 - B1 - C1 - D1 - E1 - F1 - G1
Next Power Supply
24 V d.c.
48 V d.c.
110 / 120 V d.c.
220 V d.c. / 230 V a.c. (*)

1
2
3
4

Additional Disk for Data Log

No Disk (*)
4 GB
64 GB

X
4
64

Availability Configurations
Without watchdog & IO
With watchdog & IO (*)
Size
2U (*)
3U

X
W

2U
3U

Serial Ports
4 Serial Ports (4xRS232) (*)
8 Serial Ports (8xRS232)
8 Serial Ports (4xRS232+4xRS485)
12 Serial Ports (12xRS232)
12 Serial Ports (8xRS232+4xRS485)
16 Serial Ports (16xRS232)
16 Serial Ports (12xRS232+4xRS485)
20 Serial Ports (20xRS232)
20 Serial Ports (12xRS232+8xRS485)

4
8
8A
12
12A
16
16A
20
20A

Ethernet Ports
2 (*)
4
Reserve

Notes:
Configurations with more than 12 serial ports require 3U size.
(*) Preferred options

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2
4

to next table

A2

B2

C2

E2

F2

G2

H2

to next table

I2

UC 500E Ed. 2

from previous table

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 1

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 2

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 3

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 4

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 5

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 6

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 7

See
Table 1

Slave Protocol 8

Notes:
(*) Preferred options
from previous table

Master Protocol 1

A3

B3

C3

E3

F3

G3

H3

I3

to next table

See
Table 2

Master Protocol 2
Master Protocol 3
Master Protocol 4
Master Protocol 5
Master Protocol 6
Master Protocol 7
Master Protocol 8

See
Table 2
See
Table 2
See
Table 2
See
Table 2
See
Table 2
See
Table 2
See
Table 2

Notes:
(*) Preferred options

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UC 500E Ed. 2

from previous table

A4

B4

C4

E4

Distribution Automation
IEC 61850 MMS Client only (*)

IEC 61850 MMS Client & MMS Server with Goose

HMI 500 Server & Clients

Number of HMI client licences

0, 1, 2 or 4

Soft PLC (IEC 61131-3 Programming)

No Soft PLC (*)

Soft PLC available

Application Size
1024 Tags (*)

8000 Tags

320000 Tags

64000 Tags

Notes:
(*) Preferred options

Table 1, Slave/ Servers Protocols

Code

None

IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP)

IEC 60870-5-101 (UDP/IP)

DNP 3.0 (UDP/TCP/IP)

DNP 3.0 (Serial)

IEC 60870-5-101 (Serial)

Modbus (Serial)

Others, Please contact

Table 2, Master/ Clients Protocols

IEC 60870-5-104 (TCP/IP)

IEC 60870-5-101 (UDP/IP)

DNP 3.0 (UDP/TCP/IP)

DNP 3.0 (Serial)

SNMP/ICMP (UDP/IP)

IEC 60870-5-101 (Serial)

IEC 60870-5-103 (Serial)

SPABus (Serial)

Modbus (Serial)

Modbus Plus (TCP/IP)

10

JBus (Serial)

11

Others, Please contact

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Code

None

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Notes

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2011-06-22, 4AS119068, Rev. 1.0

Efacec Engenharia e Sistemas, S.A.

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E-mail: ase.eng@efacec.com Web: www.efacec.com
Due to our policy of continuous development, specifications may change without notice. Not valid as a contractual item.