GE Mark VIe UCSC Controller IS420UCCSCH1B-B-V0.1-A
MARK VIe UCSE
Outcome-optimizing control for power plants
Key Benefits
• Reduced risk. Built on the strong foundation of GE Vernova’s 40 years’ experience providing real-time, deterministic controls for the world’s industrial assets. The controller is secure by design, enabling secure operations.
• Reduced lifecycle cost. Advanced capabilities simplify system architecture and reduce applied engineering costs. Further costs are reduced with embedded PROFINET, allowing for dedicated I/O to be chosen for application-specific needs.
• Optimized business outcomes. Embedded Field Agent technology allows for secure connection to the Industrial Internet, leveraging data to analyze and optimize business operations.
Designed for Real-world Demands
GE Vernova’s Mark VIe control system is an integrated control system that is widely used in a diverse range of applications including gas and steam turbines, safety systems, wind turbines, gasification, hydro, nuclear, and combined cycle power plants. These diverse applications require a controller that can deliver the high performance and flexibility needed to run application-specific control reliably.
The Mark VIe UCSE is a stand-alone controller that uses QNX® Neutrino, a real-time, multi-tasking operating system (OS), to run application-specific control system logic.
The UCSE controller offers the following advantages:
• Single module
• No battery
• No jumper settings required
• ToolboxST programmatically updates the host application board programmable devices.
The UCSE controller mounts in a panel and communicates with I/O modules through on-board I/O network (IONet), PROFINET, High-speed Serial Link (HSSL), and/or other interfaces.
The available versions of the UCSE controller are: UCSEH2A for Mark VIe, UCSEH2B for Mark VIe, LS2100e Static Starters, and EX2100e Voltage Regulators, and UCSEH2C for EX2100e Static Exciters.
Reliable, High-Speed Performance
The UCSE Mark VIe controller is designed for high-speed, high-reliability industrial applications. It is loaded with software specific to its application. As a turbine or balance of plant (BoP) controller, it runs the Mark VIe firmware and blockware applications and utilizes Mark VIe IONet interfaces. IONet is a private special-purpose Ethernet that only supports Mark controls I/O packs and controllers. IEEE 1588 protocol is used through the IONet interfaces to synchronize the clock of the I/O modules and controllers to within ±100 microseconds. External data is transferred to and from the IO Packs and the controller over the IONet Ethernet interfaces. This includes process inputs/outputs to the I/O modules. Unlike traditional controllers where I/O is on a backplane, the UCSE controller does not host any application I/O. In a redundant set, all I/O networks are attached to each controller, providing them with all input data. This hardware and software architecture guarantees that no single point of application input is lost if a controller is powered down for maintenance or repair.
Application Specific Control
Outcome Optimizing Controls offer advanced capabilities that simplify system architecture and dramatically reduce applied engineering costs.
MarkVIe UCSE’s flexible design allows it to be used not only for turbine control applications, but also for DCS applications, especially in steam and gas power plants.
The native PROFINET capability on the UCSEH2A provides productivity and performance advantages necessary for DCS and BoP control applications for power generation.
Advanced Security
In today’s Internet age, industrial controls are constant targets of cyber threats. We at GE Vernova understand the risk involved in securing our customers’ most important assets; we believe in a defense-in-depth architecture to secure the asset from potential cyber threats.
The MarkVIe UCSE has been developed to be secure by design, incorporating technologies such as a Trusted Platform.
Module and secure, trusted, and measured boot firmware. A centralized configuration allows encrypted firmware updates to be executed from a secure central location. A broad suite of cybersecurity technologies and tools helps prevent unauthorized updates, while built-in security protocols help protect against man- in-the-middle and denial-of-service attacks.
Turbine/DCS Control applications
IS420UCSEH2A
IS420UCSEH2B
IS420UCSCH1A/B
IS420UCSCH2A
IS420UCSEH2A
IS420UCSEH2B
IS420UCSCH1A/B
IS420UCSCH2A
IS220UCSBH1A/H3A/H4A
IS220UCSAH1A
UCCA/UCCC
IS220UCSBH1A/H3A/H4A
IS220UCSAH1A
UCCA/UCCC
IS420UCSEH2C
UCECH1A
IS220UCSBH1A/H3A/H4A
IS420UCSEH2C
UCECH1A
IS220UCSBH1A/H3A/H4A
