GC1330/GC1338 Master Light Controller
The gridComm GC1330 is a 3-Phase DIN Rail Power Line Communication (PLC) Master Light Controller designed for Street Light Control operations. The GC1338 has additional LoRa Radio Frequency (RF) capability as an option. The GC1330 serves as a powerful concentrator and gateway connecting a network of streetlights to the cloud-based Street Light Management Software via a built-in 4G modem, controlling and monitoring the operations of turning on/off, dimming, scheduling, alarm events and data-logging functions of an individual light or a group of street lights. It also integrates Digital I/Os that could be connected to an external anti-tamper or overload sensor for fail-safe measures and motion sensors or other sensors based on trigger events. With LoRa RF option available in GC1338, the MLC can be extended to communicate with plug-and-play RF battery-operated IoT sensor nodes, such as weather, light, pollution, flood, seismic sensors, which leverage on GC-Net networking firmware using power line network as the backbone network infrastructure.
Features
- Connects directly to 3-Phase Low-Voltage AC power line
- 18 independent channels operating with up to 54 out of 100 pre-installed carrier frequencies between 5 kHz to 500 kHz
- 3QPSK, 3BPSK, or 1BPSK modulation schemes with up to 18 levels of redundancy
- Option for LoRa RF with GC1338 available at 915MHz, 868MHz, 433MHz or 470MHz
- Supports RS485 via a transparent protocol
- Supports ModBus protocol when working in conjunction with gridComm Street Light Management Software
- Supports 4 sets of Digital Inputs. Sensors to the digital inputs can be powered by the 24VDC with appropriate DC-DC circuitry
- Supports 2 sets of Analog Inputs. Sensors to the analog inputs can be powered by the 24VDC with appropriate DC-DC circuitry
- Supports 3 sets of relays rated at 240VAC@10A or 24V DC@10A
Benefits
- Connect a network of streetlights to the cloud-based Street Light Management Software
- Robust Communications: Based on GC2200, communications over up to 18 OFDM channels
- LoRa RF option with GC1338 for sensor network connectivity as well as providing extra redundancy beyond PLC for communication reliability
- Control and monitor the operations of turning on/off, dimming, scheduling, alarm events and data-logging functions of an individual light or a group of street lights
The gridComm GC1330 is a 3-Phase DIN Rail Power Line Communication (PLC) Master Light Controller designed for Street Light Control operations. The GC1338 features hybrid PLC and LoRa communications.
- Connects directly to 3-Phase Low-Voltage AC power line with L1 (Phase A), L2 (Phase B) and L3 (Phase C)
- Input power supply: L1, Neutral 100～240VAC @100mA max, 50/60Hz
- Power Consumption: < 10 Watts
- CPU: Cortex M3, 120 MHz
- Memory: 64MB flash memory; 64MB RAM
- Extended Flash Memory Support: up to 4GB
- Supports RS485 via a transparent protocol
- Pre-set Serial COM Port settings: 115200 Baud rate, No Parity Bit, 8 Data Bit and 1 Stop Bit
- Supports ModBus protocol when working in conjunction with gridComm Street Light Management Software
- Supports 3 sets of relays rated at 240VAC@10A or 24V DC@10A
- Supports 4 sets of Digital Inputs. Sensors to the digital inputs can be powered by the 24VDC with appropriate DC-DC circuitry
- Supports 2 sets of Analog Inputs. Sensors to the analog inputs can be powered by the 24VDC with appropriate DC-DC circuitry
- Built-In GSM/3G Modem Quad-Band 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz
- GPRS multi-slot class 12 Output power
- UMTS 850/1900: 0.25W
- UMTS 900/2100: 0.25W
- GSM850/GSM900: 2W
- DCS1800/PCS1900: 1W
- HSPA+ Max. 14Mbps(DL), Max. 5.76Mbps(UL)
- WCDMA Max. 384Kbps(DL), Max. 384Kbps(UL)
- EDGE Class Max. 236.8Kbps(DL), Max. 118Kbps(UL)
- GPRS Max. 85.6Kbps(DL), Max. 42.8Kbps(UL)
- CSD GSM data rate 14.4Kbps, WCDMA data rate 57.6Kbps
- Operating Temperature: -40 to 60C
- Storage Temperature: -40 to 85℃
- Operating Humidity: 10 to 90% RH @ 60℃
- Storage Humidity: 5 to 90% RH @ 60℃
- Standards: CE , FCC
- EMC: test as per EN 50065-1, EN 55022, EN 55024, EN 61000-3-2, EN 610000-3-3, EN 61000-6-2 & EN 61000-6-4 FCC Part 15B
- Safety: EN 60950
- Euro RoHS
- Size in mm: 155 L x 110 W x 60 H Weight: 1000 g
- Flame Retardant ABS casing with DIN Rail mounting
- PLC Specifications:
- 18 independent PLC channels operating with up to 54 out of 100 pre-installed carrier frequencies between 5 kHz to 500 kHz
- 3QPSK, 3BPSK, or 1BPSK PLC modulation schemes with up to 18 levels of redundancy
- PLC Raw data rates between 1.22 Kbps to 7.32 Kbps depending on power line conditions
- 32-bit PLC addressing scheme
- One PLC master node supports up to 240 PLC slave nodes (recommended to keep it about 100 nodes)
- Options for PLC operation on CENELEC A, CENELEC B, CENELEC C, CENELEC D, FCC or ARIB frequency bands Support user packet size of up to maximum of 512 bytes on PLC (user packets > 42 bytes will be segmented into multiple standard data packets automatically)
- PLC Distance: Up to 2km- the actual distance depends on power line conditions such as noise, attenuation and load impedance
- PLC Rx Sensitivity: -75 dBm
- LoRa Radio Frequency Module Specifications (option available with GC1318):
- LoRaTM Modem
- 168 dB maximum link budget
- +18 dBm - 60 mW constant RF output vs. V supply
- +14 dBm high efficiency PA
- Data rate up to 2.4 kbps
- High sensitivity: down to -148 dBm
- Bullet-proof front end: IIP3 = -12.5 dBm
- Excellent blocking immunity
- Low RX current of 10.3 mA, 200 nA register retention
- Fully integrated synthesizer with a resolution of 61 Hz
- FSK, GFSK, MSK, GMSK, LoRaTM and OOK modulation
- Operating communication frequency- 915MHz
- Preamble detection
- 127 dB Dynamic Range RSSI
- Automatic RF Sense and CAD with ultra-fast AFC
- Packet engine up to 256 bytes with CRC.
Configuration software available
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