Moxa´s South African partner RJ Connect has proudly announced that it donated four Moxa redundancy boxes to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology’s Centre for Substation Automation and Energy Management Systems (CSAEMS) laboratory. Moxa’s PT-G503-PHR-PTP RedBox is a PRP/HSR all-in-one device that supports Gigabit, coupling, and QuadBox for versatile and scalable zero switch-over time networks that are easy to manage and deploy. These benefits enable efficient network management and fast error detection in electrical substation and process automation systems.
(L to R): RJ Connect managing director Robert Wright with Prof. Raynitchka Tzoneva of the CSAEMS.
Cape Peninsula University of Technology is the only largest university in the province, with over 32 000 students. The Faculty of Engineering covers a broad range of engineering disciplines, which are currently being reformed to respond to the demands of regional, national and global industry priorities in engineering education. It includes the CSAEMS.
The recently launched CSAEMS is the only one of its kind in South Africa and offers specialised training, research and development in new technologies, which will improve power systems in South Africa. This laboratory has also implemented the IEC6180 Standard for Communication Networks and Systems In Substations, lately expanded to a standard for Power Utility Automation, which makes it a fully functional IEC61850 facility. The laboratory has enabled the wide adoption of the new technology and standards within the utility environment.
The centre is equipped with a state-of-the-art substation automation laboratory and different manufacturer’s products currently in use in substations across Africa. IEDs have been supplied by Areva/Schneider/Alstom, ABB, SEL, GE and Siemens, to demonstrate interoperability between manufacturers. RJ Connect has worked very closely with this centre and has donated a range of Moxa equipment for the communications between the IED devices.
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