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9 - Ekip Link

Ekip Link is a communication accessory which allows Ekip Touch to be integrated into an internal Ethernet
network with ABB proprietary protocol.
The following functions can be performed with the remote module:
• Programmable Logic
• Power Controller
• Zone selectivity
To perform these functions, the system units involved must be equipped with their own Ekip Link and for each
of these, the IP addresses of all the other Ekip Link connected must have been entered.
Each devices is defined as an Actor in the Link network.
Each Ekip Link can interface with up to 15 actors, of which up to 12 for the Zone Selectivity function.
The ports used by the module are:
Port Service Notes
18/udp ABB proprietary In the case of rapid exchanges of information among ABB devices
319/udp IEEE 1588 Valid with IEEE 1588 protocol enabled
320/udp
68/udp DHCP client DHCP client enabled alternatively as Static address = On

Ekip Link is always supplied with contacts Ekip AUP and Ekip RTC (page 234).

Network The Ekip Link modules must be connected to a dedicated network that includes only Ekip Link and Ethernet
switches for which support for level L2 multicast is declared in the datasheet.
If the network also includes routers, multicast must be enabled and configured in all the level L3 VLAN
interfaces.

Programmable Logic Activation of up to four bits of the Ekip Link can be programmed via the Programmable Logic function, each
bit according to any combination of the status bits of an actor of which the IP address has been entered.
These four bits are indicated as Statuses A B C and D; they are remotely programmable and their value is
transmitted to the device to which Ekip Link is connected

Power Controller Using the Power Controller function, each actor can:
• Acquire the status and control the loads
• Act as master and collect the energy measurements of actors entered as Energy Meters
• Supply energy measurements to actors entered as masters
The state of the loads can be acquired by checking the status of the inputs of the signaling modules
connected to the actors of which the IP Addresses have been entered, while load control can be performed
by programming the outputs.
Remote acquisition of the statuses of the loads and their control can also be performed with Ekip Signalling
10K connected to the network.
Further details about the potential of the function are available in White Paper 1SDC007410G0201 “Load
management with Ekip Power Controller for SACE Emax 2”.

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