Kalkitech SYNC consists of a suite of products that provide field-to-enterprise communication enablers for the Energy Sector, based on Kalkitech's policy of promoting open standards and solutions. SYNC enables seamless and secure communication aiding interoperability in Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution.

SYNC solutions have been widely used across the globe in T&D Automation, Substation monitoring and control, Metering / AMI etc. for more than a decade and are positioned to facilitate the Smart Grid of the future.

Application Areas under SYNC

Embedded

•  Meter Interface Cards (MICs)

•  IED Protocol Upgrade Embedded Modules

Kalkitech's Embedded Solutions - SYNC OEM, provides customers the option to install natively the full range of SYNC protocols and capabilities within legacy and proprietary devices.

The SYNC OEM thus enables equipment manufactures the capability to have the latest protocols like IEC 61850 and DLMS/COSEM in their device, at minimal capital costs and faster go-to-market. Thousands of modules have been embedded in various devices like Protection Relays, Energy Meters, Mini RTUs, Transformer Monitoring Systems, PLCs, Switchgears, Alarm Annunciators, etc.

Field

•  Metering Interface Units / Intelligent Modems

Kalkitech SYNC Meter Interface Units (MIUs) offer unmatched flexibility of operations through various communication options to enable the meter to connect to a AMR / AMI architecture. These include GPRS/GSM, CDMA, RF/Zigbee, PLC (PRIME/FSK) as well as RS232/485/PSTN. Moreover, these units also support the latest Smart Grid protocols including DLMS/COSEM, ANSI C.12*, MBus* as well as Substation protocols like IEC 61850, DNP3.0, IEC 60870-10X, Modbus, etc.

•  Metering Data Concentrator Units (DCUs)

Kalkitech SYNC Data Concentrators are highly scalable and are available in numerous variants to suit your needs and price points.  Our SYNC 2000 and SYNC 3000 range of products are high performance front End Gateway for meter data concentration and other similar applications. The variants can support RS232/485/PSTN, RF/Zigbee, PLC, GSM/CDMA/GPRS for upstream and downstream communication.

•  Remote Monitoring Devices

Kalkitech's Remote Monitoring Devices not only combine the performance requirements needed for high speed, real-time communications but also offers advanced security features, as well as options for scalability of addition of I/O modules. Kalkitech SYNC's expertise in communication technologies is reflected in the Remote Monitoring Devices as well, with flexibility of various physical modes like GPRS/GSM/CDMA, RF/Zigbee, PLC (PRIME/FSK), as well as on the application protocol layer like IEC 61850, DNP3.0, IEC 60870-10X, Modbus, etc.

•  Protocol Gateways and Converters

Kalkitech SYNC Protocol Gateways are world renowned for their performance and unmatched protocol support for the Transmission and Distribution sector, having sold more than 2300 units in the last one year alone! With support for latest protocols like IEC 61850, ICCP as well as protocols like DNP3.0, IEC 60870-101/103/104, Modbus, SPA Bus, Courier, etc. SYNC Protocol Gateways have the largest support in this sector, along with numerous other features like secure VPN connections over dynamic IP, GPRS/CDMA technologies, etc.

•  Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) / Feeder RTUs  

SYNC Feeder / Mini RTUs are versatile communication systems for Smart Grid applications suited for rugged applications and customizable for different DI/DO/AI combinations. The controller comes with real-time embedded Linux OS, Modbus, IEC-101,104 protocols, and supports secure VPN connections over dynamic IP, with support for GPRS / CDMA and 3G. SYNC mini RTUs offer flexibility of upto 8 IO cards slots, with IO card options of 16DI / 16DO / 8AI.

•  Substation Data Concentrator Units (DCUs)

Kalkitech SYNC Data Concentrators are highly scalable and are available in numerous variants to suit your needs and price points.  Our SYNC 2000 and SYNC 3000 range of products are high performance front End Gateway for substation data concentration and other similar applications. The variants can support RS232/485/PSTN, RF/Zigbee, PLC, GSM/CDMA/GPRS for upstream and downstream communication, as well as almost all substation protocols including IEC 61850, DNP3.0, IEC 61870-10X and Modbus.

•  Phasor Data Concentrators (PDCs)

SYNC 4000 PDC functions as a high performance and scalable synchro-phasor data concentrator and protocol conversion gateway for Wide Area Monitoring applications. It is capable of collecting phasor data streamed from any IEEE C37.118 compliant phasor measurement unit via Ethernet and aggregates all the C37.118 input streams, performs data validation and time alignment, and transmitsC37.118 super packets to multiple clients. 

PRODUCTS

Control Centre

•  Meter Head End System / Data Acquisition System (MDAS)

Kalkitech's MDAS software - SYNC 5000 - is one the latest products under Kalkitech's SYNC portfolio as is specifically designed for a scalable and distributed architecture model for meter data acquisition. SYNC 5000 can consolidate meter data from many thousands of meters and provide this consolidated information over open standards based interface to a Metering Head System. The solution relies either on the SYNC Gateways network or terminal servers, leased lines and modem banks to provide the communication channels and has built in support for a variety of open metering protocols like DLMS/COSEM, Modbus, IEC-62056-21 (61107) etc. in addition to monitoring and control protocols like Modbus, DNP3, IEC-101, IEC-104, IEC61850 etc

Source Code Libraries

• DLMS Source Code Libraries

Kalkitech is the world leader in DLMS Solutions for meters and other metering devices, with its DLMS source code library been widely implemented across geographies in over 50 countries for the past 5 years. Our close association with the standards bodies and companion standards, and with unmatched customization and flexibility make Kalkitech DLMS solution the most stable and scalable for any metering or embedded system application. Also we have 22 DLMS UA certified meter models (belonging to various companies) to our credit including 19 in Europe and 16 in South America. 

Configuration & Engineering

•  Meter Testing and Simulation Tools

Kalkitech offers Metering Testing Tools and OPC add-ins through its product DLMS Explorer. DLMS Explorer is an ideal fit for requirements of meter reading applications providing out of the box connectivity for DLMS meters and devices, and universally accepted OPC interface to meter data and also be a handy tool for meter firmware developers or test engineers as a sample DLMS Client application/test application while developing DLMS server.

•  Substation Engineering, Configuration, and Design Tools

Kalkitech IEC 61850 SCL Manager is a comprehensive graphical tool that allows user to create, configure, view and edit all the substation elements and its data models as specified in Substation Configuration Language specification of IEC 61850. SCL Manager enables users to configure a Substation and all its elements and make your substations IEC 61850 compliant. The latest edition of SCL Manager not only supports configurations of Substations, but also Hydro Power Plant, Distributed Energy Resources and Wind.

SCL Manager takes away the complexity of the IEC 61850 from the user and provides user friendly graphical interface for configuration and substation architecture definition. It allows users to build different substation architectures, and create complete system specifications. SCL Manager also allows user to link different IEDs & its data elements to the substation specification and create complete substation configuration as specified in IEC 61850. Facility is given for creation of complete IED capabilities including its functions and data elements for any new IEDs.