Abb`s com610 is a communication gateway that maps signals between the protection and control ieds and process devices in industrial or utility substations and higher-level systems such as network control centers or distributed control systems. The communication gateway com610 sends process control and monitoring information to the ncc and dcs and receives process control commands from them. Standard features are as follows:
1 modbus rtu serial master protocol for the communication with process devices
2 opc alarm and events extended from diagnostic events to cover also process signals. It is now possible for 3rd party opc clients to use both opc data access and alarms and events interfaces of the com610 version 3.0 opc servers.
3 new powerful industrial embedded hardware
4 extension of communication interfaces by using pci cards
5 enhanced security features
