RTU500 series

Data Sheet Environmental Data 

General
The RTU500 series telecontrol equipment family
has been designed to meet the requirements for  Electrical interfaces
environmental conditions and performance of net-  Power supply and insulation
work control, substation automation systems and
process industries.
 Electro-magnetic compatibility (EMC)
 Immunity
The telecontrol systems RTU560, RTU540 and
RTU511 and its products manufactured by ABB are  Emission
type tested. They fulfill the requirements specified
and described. The RTUs meet and achieve the re-  Environmental conditions
quirements listed in Table 1 to Table 7.  Temperature and humidity
The requirements can be put into the following  Mechanical influences
categories:  Safety

 Performance requirements
 Reliability, availability, maintenance
 Time quality for process signals

Electrical interfaces
Power supply and insulation
Environmental phenomena Required and verified Verified according to test
data / values standard

AC voltage tolerances of power supply -20 % … +15 % IEC 60870-2-1

Frequency tolerances of power supply 5% IEC 60870-2-1

DC voltage tolerances of power supply -20 % … +15 % IEC 60870-2-1

Immunity to voltage interruption -100 %: 50 ms IEC 61000-4-29

AC power frequency withstand 2,5 kV AC, 50 Hz, 1 min EN 60255-5

Impulse voltage withstand 5 kV DC, 1,2 µs / 50 µs EN 60255-5

Insulation resistance > 100 M at 500 V DC EN 60255-5

Table 1: Power supply and insulation applying to IEC 60255-5, IEC 60870-2-1 and IEEE C37.90-1989

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EMC Emission
Environmental phenomena Required and verified Verified according to test
data / values standard

Enclosure radio interference field strength 30 dB (30 – 230 MHz) IEC/CISPR 11 / EN 50011
37 dB (230 – 1000 MHz)

Power supply radio interference voltage 79 dB (0,15 – 0,5 MHz) IEC/CISPR 11 / EN 50011
73 dB (0,5 – 30 MHz)

Table 2: EMC Emission applying to IEC 61000-6-4

EMC Immunity
Environmental phenomena Required and verified Verified according to test
data / values standard

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) Cubicle 15/8 kV IEC 61000-4-2 level 4

Modules 8/6 kV

Radiated electromagnetic field 10 V/m IEC 61000-4-3 level 3

Electrical fast transient / Burst 4 kV IEC 61000-4-4 level 4

Surge 2 kV IEC 61000-4-5 level 3

4 kV (23BE40, 23BA40) IEC 61000-4-5 level 4

Conducted disturbance included by radio- 10 V IEC 61000-4-6 level 3

frequency fields

Power frequency magnetic field 30 A/m IEC 61000-4-8 level 4

Damped oscillatory wave 2,5 kV / 1 kV IEC 61000-4-12 level 3

Mains frequency interference 50 Hz 30 / 300 V EN 61000-4-16 level 4

AC ripple on DC power supply 12 % EN 61000-4-17 level 3

Voltage dips on DC power supply -30 %, 100 ms IEC 61000-4-29

-60 %, 100 ms

Voltage short interruptions on DC power -100 %, 50 ms IEC 61000-4-29

supply

Table 3: EMC Immunity applying to IEC 60255, IEC 60870-2-1, IEC 61000-6-2, IEC 61000-6-5,
IEC 61850-3 and IEEE C37.90.1-2002

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The immunity and emission tests are made ac- The rules for cable routing and grounding have
cording to the requested IEC standards. The list of strictly to be fulfilled, to reach the requested level.
tests needed for the RTU500 series is taken from This has to be taken into consideration for engi-
the IEC 60870-2-1 standard. The RTU fulfills the neering and commissioning.
requested level, specified in IEC 60870-2-1.

Environmental conditions
Temperature and humidity
Parameter Required and verified da- Verified according to test
ta / values standard

Operating temperature -25 °C ... 55 °C IEC 60068-2-1 / 2

-13 °F … 131 °F

Storage temperature -25 °C ... 55 °C IEC 60068-2-1 / 2

-13 °F … 131 °F

Temperature-Humidity (cyclic test) 5 … 95% (non condensing) IEC 60068-2-30

Rate of change of temperature 0,5 °C / min IEC 60870-2-2 class C1

32,9 °F / min

Atmospheric pressure 70 … 106 kPa IEC 60870-2-2 class C1

Altitude (operation) <= 3000 m IEC 60870-2-2 class C1

Table 4: Temperature and humidity parameters applying to IEC 60870-2-2 and IEEE C37.90-1989

Mechanical influences
Influence Required and verified da- Verified according to test
ta / values standard

Vibration (sinusoidal) response test 0,5 g (10 Hz … 150 Hz) IEC 60068-2-6

Vibration (sinusoidal) seismic test 3,5 mm (3 Hz … 9 Hz) IEC 60068-2-6

Vibration (sinusoidal) enduration test 1 g (9 Hz … 200 Hz) IEC 60068-2-6

Vibration (sinusoidal) high frequency test 1,5 g (200 Hz … 500 Hz) IEC 60068-2-6

Shock (half sine) 15 g / 11 ms, IEC 60068-2-27

25 g / 10 ms

Bump (half sine) 10 g / 16 ms / 1000 pulses IEC 60068-2-29

Table 5: Mechanical influences applying to IEC 60255-21 and IEC 60870-2-2

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The tests were made with a typical RTU560 tele- The results of the vibration and shock tests are
control station in a standard cubicle (IP 55 / DIN mainly influenced by the used cubicle and mount-
40050). RTU540 and RTU511 are tested without ing methods. The test results are valid for the
cubicle. The functionality was permanently verified RTU560 standard cubicles and mounting meth-
during and after the tests, with typical 60 % active ods.
input signals.
The shock values express a shock strain, which
may occur during transportation.

Safety
The safety of the RTU560, RTU540 and RTU511 The differences to Australian / New Zealand, Ca-
as described before is verified according to nadian, Chinese, Israeli, Japanese, Korean, Sin-
IEC 60950-1 and certificated based on the IECEE gapore and US national requirements to safety
CB scheme. are also verified.

Performance requirements

Performance characteristic Required data / value Class

IEC 60870-4

Reliability MTBF MTBF ≥ 8.760 h R3

Availability A A ≥ 99.95 % A3

Maintainability MTTR MTTR ≤ 12 h M3

Mean repair time MRT MRT ≤ 1 h RT4

(depends on strategy)
-10
Data integrity classes IE IE ≤ 10 I2

Time separation capability SP SP ≤ 10 ms (between stations) SP2

SP ≤ 5 ms (within a station) SP3

Time resolution TR TR ≤ 1 ms TR4

Analogue overall accuracy E E ≤ 0.5 % A4

Table 6: Performance Classes according IEC 60870-4

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o Permanent online diagnostic of all I/O
The reliability of a RTU500 series is calculated on
boards
the base of a typical RTU station. The size is the
experience of several hundred supplied substa- o LEDs on all boards indicating inter-
tions. nal/external errors
The calculation for RTU560 is based on the fol- o None or only a few configuration settings
lowing data: onboard necessary
o 48 analogue measured information (AMI) o PC based diagnostic tools
o 100 single point information (SPI)
o 64 double point information (DPI) The main telecontrol transmission protocols are
based on format class FT1.2 (IEC 60870-5-1). In
o 8 integrated total information (ITI)
addition, the transmission protocol allows for
o 80 double command output (DCO) commands the ‘Select and Execute Command’
strategy, which essentially decreases the residual
o 1 command supervision board (1 out of n)
information error possibility in command direction.
o 3 sub-racks with power supply
The performance of time separating is given by
o 1 FSK modem the time synchronization quality of the network
control system. The RTU500 series has the pos-
The typical reliability for such a substation is ap- sibility to be synchronized via communication lines
proximately 33.000 hours. The reliability is defined from the Network Control Centre (NCC), by sntp
by a serial structure. This means, that a failure of or by a DCF77 or GPS clock. The scan cycle for
one board/unit is a system failure. The calculation binary input signals is 1 ms, executed by the mi-
is shown in table 7. Table 7 may also be used for crocontroller on each input board. The boards are
calculation of any other RTU560 configuration. synchronized by the communication unit (CMU) of
For RTU540 and RTU511 also typical configura- the RTU560. This allows a time resolution within a
tions are selected. station of 1 ms for binary inputs.
The mean repair time (MRT) of a RTU500 series The overall accuracy for analogue signals is given
will be typically 1 hour. The RTU500 series con- by the total error of the 23AE23 analogue input
cept has several supervision and diagnostic ca- board. For the real overall error of the analogue
pabilities, which assist the debugging and mainte- output board 23AA21 see the hardware data
nance activities, when needed: sheet.

Figure 1: Typical RTU560 telecontrol station

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Table 7: RTU560 Reliability Values

RTU560 with Typical RTU 560 Large Station with

MTBF / Unit
1 Unit each station 4 satellite lines
Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF
Unit [Fit]
No. No. No.
[h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h]
23AA21 817 1.223.404 1 817 1.223.404 0 0 0 2 1.635 611.702
23AE23 774 1.291.772 1 774 1.291.772 6 4.645 215.295 10 7.741 129.177
23BA20 336 2.980.000 1 336 2.980.000 10 3.356 298.000 6 2.013 496.667
23BA23 301 3.318.746 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BA40 1.097 911.196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE23 590 1.694.992 1 590 1.694.992 15 8.850 112.999 50 29.499 33.900
23BE40 R0011 1.129 885.820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE40 R0012 1.179 848.284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE50 2.014 496.404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23OK24 392 2.548.842 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23WT23 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 4 923 1.083.000
23WT24 231 4.332.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23WT25 R0001 349 2.868.166 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23WT25 R0002 350 2.860.508 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560BCU02 157 6.356.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560BCU04 362 2.760.566 1 362 2.760.566 1 362 2.760.566 1 362 2.760.566
560BCU05 376 2.657.492 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CMU02 R0002 1.167 857.122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CMU05 1.167 857.122 1 1.167 857.122 1 1.167 857.122 2 2.333 428.561
560CVD03 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CVD11 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560FSM10 231 4.332.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560FSM11 231 4.332.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560HMR01 4.239 235.894 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560MDD10 238 4.197.174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560MPR01 399 2.508.418 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560MPR03 212 4.714.858 1 212 4.714.858 3 636 1.571.619 3 636 1.571.619
560NMS24 578 1.729.092 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560NMS34 578 1.729.092 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560NUS04 68 7.384.674 1 135 7.384.674 1 135 7.384.674 1 135 7.384.674
560NUS12 124 4.042.359 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSR00 1.951 512.612 1 1.951 512.612 3 5.852 170.871 3 5.852 170.871
560PSU01 2.252 444.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSU02 1.866 536.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSU02
3 333.000.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 333.000.000
redundant
560PSU40 309 3.240.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSU41 1.429 700.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560RTC01 425 2.352.000 1 425 2.352.000 1 425 2.352.000 1 425 2.352.000
560RTC02 426 2.345.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560RTC03 1.184 844.632 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560SFR02 197 5.068.696 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 7.000 142.851 42 25.659 38.973 84 51.559 19.395
MTBF [y] 16,3 MTBF [y] 4,4 MTBF [y] 2,2
MTTR = 12 h A= 99,99% A= 99,97% A= 99,94%
λ = Failure Rate (FR) [Fit]
MTBF = Mean Time between Failure = 1 / FR
1 Fit = 10-9 failure / h
MTTR = Mean Time to Repair = 12 h
Base: GB 40 (Ground Benign, 40 ºC)
A = Availability [%] = MTBF / (MTBF + MTTR)
Methode: Telcordia

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Table 8: RTU540 Reliability Values

RTU540 base module RTU540 with RTU540 with
MTBF / Unit
with integrated I/Os 8 extension IOs 16 extension IOs
Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF
Unit [Fit] No. No. No.
[h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h]
23BA40 1.097 911.196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE40 R0011 1.129 885.820 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE40 R0012 1.179 848.284 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23BE50 2.014 496.404 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
211ADD52 244 4.100.362 0 0 0 1 244 4.100.362 2 488 2.050.181
211AID50 450 2.224.576 0 0 0 2 899 1.112.288 4 1.798 556.144
211BID51 383 2.611.554 0 0 0 4 1.532 652.889 8 3.063 326.444
211BOD52 473 2.115.288 0 0 0 2 945 1.057.644 4 1.891 528.822
560CID11 2.164 462.068 1 2.164 462.068 1 2.164 462.068 0 0 0
560CIG10 2.090 478.522 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CMD11 R0001 1.162 860.374 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.162 860.374
560CMD11 R0011 1.221 819.140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CMG10 947 1.056.086 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CVD03 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CVD11 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560FSM10 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000
560FSM11 231 4.332.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560MDD10 238 4.197.174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSU40 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000
560PSU41 1.429 700.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 2.704 369.868 12 6.324 158.134 21 8.942 111.833
MTBF [y] 42,2 MTBF [y] 18,1 MTBF [y] 12,8
MTTR = 12 h A= 99,997% A= 99,992% A= 99,989%
λ = Failure Rate (FR) [Fit]
MTBF = Mean Time between Failure = 1 / FR
1 Fit = 10-9 failure / h
MTTR = Mean Time to Repair = 12 h
Base: GB 40 (Ground Benign, 40 ºC)
A = Availability [%] = MTBF / (MTBF + MTTR)
Methode: Telcordia

Table 9: RTU511 Reliability Values

RTU511 base module RTU511 with RTU511 with
MTBF / Unit
with integrated I/Os 8 extension IOs 16 extension IOs
Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF Lambda MTBF
Unit [Fit]
No. No. No.
[h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h] [Fit] [h]
23AD62/ 211ADD52 244 4.100.362 0 0 0 2 488 2.050.181 4 976 1.025.091
23AI60 991 1.009.190 0 0 0 2 1.982 504.595 4 3.964 252.298
23BI61 942 1.061.756 0 0 0 4 3.767 265.439 8 7.535 132.720
23BO61/62 1.297 771.154 0 0 0 2 2.594 385.577 4 5.187 192.789
211AID50 450 2.224.576 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
211BID51 383 2.611.554 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
211BOD52 473 2.115.288 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
511CIM01 5.902 169.425 1 5.902 169.425 1 5.902 169.425 1 5.902 169.425
560CVD03 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560CVD11 965 1.036.800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560FSM10 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000 1 231 4.332.000
560FSM11 231 4.332.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560MDD10 238 4.197.174 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
560PSU40 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000 1 309 3.240.000
560PSU41 1.429 700.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 6.442 155.236 13 15.272 65.478 23 24.103 41.489
MTBF [y] 17,7 MTBF [y] 7,5 MTBF [y] 4,7
MTTR = 12 h A= 99,992% A= 99,982% A= 99,971%
λ = Failure Rate (FR) [Fit]
MTBF = Mean Time between Failure = 1 / FR
1 Fit = 10-9 failure / h
MTTR = Mean Time to Repair = 12 h
Base: GB 40 (Ground Benign, 40 ºC)
A = Availability [%] = MTBF / (MTBF + MTTR)
Methode: Telcordia

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