MiCOM H14x

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CONTENT

1. SAFETY & HANDLING 3

1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Safety 3
1.2.1 Health and Safety 3
1.2.2 Explanation of symbols and labels 3
1.2.3 Installing, Commissioning and Servicing 3
1.2.4 Decommissioning and Disposal 4
1.3 Specification upon device/people protection 5
1.4 Handling of electronic equipments 6
1.5 Packing and unpacking 6
1.6 Guaranties 7
1.7 Copyrights & trademarks 7
1.7.1 Copyrights 7
1.7.2 Trademarks 7
1.8 Warnings regarding use of t&d eai products 8

2. INTRODUCTION 9
2.1 MiCOM Switches 9
2.2 MiCOM Ethernet Switch names 9
2.3 MiCOM H14x 10

3. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION 11
3.1 MiCOM H14x Range 11
3.2 MiCOM H14x functional composition 11
3.3 Power management 11
3.4 Ethernet Port Switching Features 12
3.4.1 10Base Tx and 100Base Tx 12
3.4.2 100Base Fx 12
3.5 Ethernet Management 12
3.5.1 Address look up 12
3.5.2 Buffering 12
3.5.3 Back off operation 12
3.5.4 Back pressure for half duplex 12
3.5.5 Broadcast storm protection 12
3.5.6 Auto Negotiation and Speed-Sensing 12
3.5.7 Forwarding 12
3.5.8 Priority tagging 13
3.5.9 VLAN Operation 13
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4. TECHNICAL DATA 14
4.1 MiCOM H14x Range 14

5. HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE 15

6. INSTALLATION 16
6.1 Installing the Controller 16

7. HARDWARE 18
7.1 Indentification Label 18

8. CONNECTION 19
8.1 Ethernet connection 19
8.1.1 Ethernet cable type 19
8.1.2 Ethernet optical fiber 19

9. SETTINGS 20
9.1 Internal Jumpers Meaning 20

10. APPLICATIONS 22
10.1 Fibber Optic budget calculations 22

11. LEXICAL 23
11.1 10Base T and 100Base Tx 23
11.2 100Base Fx 23
11.3 Power management 23
11.4 Address look up 23
11.5 Buffering 23
11.6 Back off operation 23
11.7 Back pressure for half duplex 23
11.8 Broadcast storm protection 23
11.9 Auto Negotiation and Speed-Sensing 23
11.10 Forwarding 23
11.11 Priority tagging 23
11.12 Flow control 24
11.13 VLAN Operation 24
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1. SAFETY & HANDLING

1.1 Introduction
The present document describes the safety, handling, packing and unpacking procedures
applicable to MiCOM H14x Ethernet Switch Range and associated equipments.
1.2 Safety
WARNING: THIS SAFETY SECTION SHOULD BE READ BEFORE COMMENCING
ANY WORK ON THE EQUIPMENT.
1.2.1 Health and Safety
The information in the Safety Section of the product documentation is intended to ensure
that products are properly installed and handled in order to maintain them in a safe condition.
It is assumed that everyone who will be associated with the equipment will be familiar with
the contents of the Safety Section.
1.2.2 Explanation of symbols and labels
The meaning of symbols and labels may be used on the equipment or in the product
documentation, is given below.
NOTE: The term earth used throughout the product documentation is the
direct equivalent of the North American term ground.
1.2.3 Installing, Commissioning and Servicing

Equipment connections
Personnel undertaking installation, commissioning or servicing work on this equipment
should be aware of the correct working procedures to ensure safety. The product
documentation should be consulted before installing, commissioning or servicing the
equipment.
Terminals exposed during installation, commissioning and maintenance may present a
hazardous voltage unless the equipment is electrically isolated.
If there is unlocked access to the rear of the equipment, care should be taken by all
personnel to avoid electrical shock or energy hazards.
Voltage and current connections should be made using insulated crimp terminations to
ensure that terminal block insulation requirements are maintained for safety. To ensure that
wires are correctly terminated the correct crimp terminal and tool for the wire size should be
used.
Before energising the equipment it must be earthen using the protective earth terminal, or
the appropriate termination of the supply plug in the case of plug connected equipment.
Omitting or disconnecting the equipment earth may cause a safety hazard.
The recommended minimum earth wire size is 2.5mm², unless otherwise stated in the
technical data section of the product documentation.
Before energising the equipment, the following should be checked:

• Voltage rating and polarity;

• CT circuit rating and integrity of connections;

• Protective fuse rating;

• Integrity of earth connection (where applicable)

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Equipment operating conditions

The equipment should be operated within the specified electrical and environmental limits.

Current transformer circuits

Do not open the secondary circuit of a live CT since the high level voltage produced may be
lethal to personnel and could damage insulation.

External resistors
Where external resistors are fitted to MiCOM product, these may present a risk of electric
shock or burns, if touched.

Insulation and dielectric strength testing

Insulation testing may leave capacitors charged up to a hazardous voltage. At the end of
each part of the test, the voltage should be gradually reduced to zero, to discharge
capacitors, before the test leads are disconnected.

Insertion of modules and boards

These must not be inserted into or withdrawn from equipment whist it is energised since this
may result in damage.

Fibre optic communication

Where fibre optic communication devices are fitted, these should not be viewed directly.
Optical power meters should be used to determine the operation or signal level of the device.
1.2.4 Decommissioning and Disposal

Decommissioning:
The auxiliary supply circuit in the MiCOM H14x may include capacitors across the supply or
to earth. To avoid electric shock or energy hazards, after completely isolating the supplies to
the MiCOM H14x (both poles of any dc supply), the capacitors should be safely discharged
via the external terminals prior to decommissioning.

Disposal:
It is recommended to avoid incineration and disposal to. The product should be disposed of
in a safe manner. Any products containing batteries should have them removed before
disposal, in order to avoid short circuits. Particular regulations within the country of operation
may apply to the disposal of lithium batteries.
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1.3 Specification upon device/people protection

The recommended maximum rating of the external protective fuse for this equipment is 16A,
Red Spot type of equipment, unless otherwise stated in the technical data section of the
product documentation.
1. Fuse rating is dependent of auxiliary voltage.
2. Differential protective switch on DC power supply is recommended
3. Differential protective switch on AC power supply is mandatory (printers, PACiS
workstation…)

Insulation class IEC 601010-1: 1990/A2: 1995 This equipment requires

a protective (safety)
Class I
earth connection to
EN 61010-1: 1993/A2: ensure user safety.
Class I
Insulation Category IEC 601010-1: 1990/A2: 1995 Distribution level, fixed
(Overvoltage): installation.
Class III
Equipment in this
EN 61010-1: 1993/A2:
category is qualification
Class III tested at 5kV peak,
1.2/50μs, 500Ω. 0.5J,
between all supply
circuits and earth and
also between
independent circuits.
Environment: IEC 601010-1: 1990/A2: 1995 Compliance is
demonstrated by
Pollution degree 2
reference to generic
EN 61010-1: 1993/A2: safety standards.
Pollution degree 2
Product Safety: 72/23/EEC Compliance with the
European Commission
Law Voltage Directive.
Compliance is
EN 61010-1: 1993/A2: 1995 demonstrated by
reference to generic
EN 60950: 1992/A11: 1997 safety standards.
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1.4 Handling of electronic equipments

A person’s normal movements can easily generate electrostatic potentials of several
thousand volts.
Discharge of these voltages into semiconductor devices when handling circuits can cause
serious damage, which often may not be immediately apparent but the reliability of the circuit
will have been reduced.
The electronic circuits of Schneider Electric products are immune to the relevant levels of
electrostatic discharge when housed in their cases. Do not expose them to the risk of
damage by withdrawing modules unnecessarily.
Each module incorporates the highest practicable protection for its semiconductor devices.
However, if it becomes necessary to withdraw a module, the following precautions should be
taken in order to preserve the high reliability and long life for which the equipment has been
designed and manufactured.
1. Before removing a module, ensure that you are a same electrostatic potential as the
equipment by touching the case.
2. Handle the module by its front-plate, frame, or edges of the printed circuit board. Avoid
touching the electronic components, printed circuit track or connectors.
3. Do not pass the module to any person without first ensuring that you are both at the
same electrostatic potential. Shaking hands achieves equipotential.
4. Place the module on an antistatic surface, or on a conducting surface, which is at the
same potential as you.
5. Store or transport the module in a conductive bag.
More information on safe working procedures for all electronic equipment can be found in
IEC 60147-0F and BS5783.
If you are making measurements on the internal electronic circuitry of any equipment in
service, it is preferable that you are earthen to the case with a conductive wrist strap.
Wrist straps should have a resistance to ground between 500k – 10M Ohms. If a wrist strap
is not available you should maintain regular contact with the case to prevent the build up of
static. Instrumentation which may be used for making measurements should be earthen to
the case whenever possible.
Schneider Electric strongly recommends that detailed investigations on the electronic
circuitry, or modification work, should be carried out in a Special Handling Area such as
described in IEC 60147-0F or BS5783.
1.5 Packing and unpacking
All MiCOM H14x Ethernet Switchs are packaged separately in their own cartons and shipped
inside outer packaging. Use special care when opening the cartons and unpacking the
device, and do not use force. In addition, make sure to remove from the inside carton the
supporting documents supplied with each individual device and the type identification label.
The design revision level of each module included with the device in its as-delivered
condition can be determined from the list of components. This list should be carefully saved.
After unpacking the device, inspect it visually to make sure it is in proper mechanical
condition.
If the MiCOM H14x Ethernet switch needs to be shipped, both inner and outer packaging
must be used. If the original packaging is no longer available, make sure that packaging
conforms to ISO 2248 specifications for a drop height ≤0.8m.
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1.6 Guaranties
The media on which you received Schneider Electric software are guaranteed not to fail
executing programming instructions, due to defects in materials and workmanship, for a
period of 90 days from date of shipment, as evidenced by receipts or other documentation.
Schneider Electric will, at its option, repair or replace software media that do net execute
programming instructions if Schneider Electric receive notice of such defects during the
guaranty period. Schneider Electric does not guaranty that the operation of the software shall
be uninterrupted or error free.
A Return Material Authorisation (RMA) number must be obtained from the factory and clearly
marked on the package before any equipment acceptance for guaranty work.
Schneider Electric will pay the shipping costs of returning to the owner parts, which are
covered by warranty.
Schneider Electric believe that the information in this document is accurate. The document
has been carefully reviewed for technical accuracy. In the event that technical or
typographical errors exist, Schneider Electric reserves the right to make changes to
subsequent editions of this document without prior notice to holders of this edition. The
reader should consult Schneider Electric if errors are suspected. In no event shall
Schneider Electric be liable for any damages arising out of or related to this document or the
information contained in it.
Expect as specified herein, Schneider Electric makes no guaranties, express or implied and
specifically disclaims and guaranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Customer's rights to recover damages caused by fault or negligence on the part
Schneider Electric shall be limited to the amount therefore paid by the customer.
Schneider Electric will not be liable for damages resulting from loss of data, profits, use of
products or incidental or consequential damages even if advised of the possibility thereof.
This limitation of the liability of Schneider Electric will apply regardless of the form of action,
whether in contract or tort, including negligence. Any action against Schneider Electric must
be brought within one year after the cause of action accrues. Schneider Electric shall not be
liable for any delay in performance due to causes beyond its reasonable control. The
warranty provided herein dues net cover damages, defects, malfunctions, or service failures
caused by owner's failure to follow the Schneider Electric installation, operation, or
maintenance instructions; owner's modification of the product; owner's abuse, misuse, or
negligent acts; and power failure or surges, fire, flood, accident, actions of third parties, or
other events outside reasonable control.
1.7 Copyrights & trademarks
1.7.1 Copyrights
Under the copyright laws, this publication may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form,
electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, storing in an information
retrieval system, or translating, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of
Schneider Electric.
1.7.2 Trademarks
PACiS, PACiS SCE, PACiS ES, PACiS SMT, PACiS PS, PACiS SCE, Schneider Electric,
pacis.biz and pacis.com- are trademarks of Schneider Electric. Product and company names
mentioned herein are trademarks or trade names of their respective companies.
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1.8 Warnings regarding use of t&d eai products

Schneider Electric products are not designed with components and testing for a level of
reliability suitable for use in or in connection with surgical implants or as critical components
in any life support systems whose failure to perform can reasonably be expected to cause
significant injuries to a human.
In any application, including the above reliability of operation of the software products can be
impaired by adverse factors, including -but not limited- to fluctuations in electrical power
supply, computer hardware malfunctions, computer operating system, software fitness,
fitness of compilers and development software used to develop an application, installation
errors, software and hardware compatibility problems, malfunctions or failures of electronic
monitoring or control devices, transient failures of electronic systems (hardware and/or
software), unanticipated uses or misuses, or errors from the user or applications designer
(adverse factors such as these are collectively termed "System failures").
Any application where a system failure would create a risk of harm to property or persons
(including the risk of bodily injuries and death) should not be reliant solely upon one form of
electronic system due to the risk of system failure to avoid damage, injury or death, the user
or application designer must take reasonably steps to protect against system failure,
including -but not limited- to back-up or shut-down mechanisms, not because end-user
system is customised and differs from Schneider Electric testing platforms but also a user or
application designer may use Schneider Electric products in combination with other
products. These actions cannot be evaluated or contemplated by Schneider Electric; Thus,
the user or application designer is ultimately responsible for verifying and validating the
suitability of Schneider Electric products whenever they are incorporated in a system or
application, even without limitation of the appropriate design, process and safety levels of
such system or application.
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2. INTRODUCTION
MiCOM Ethernet range is designed to address the needs of a wide range of electric plant.
Emphasis has been placed on strong compliance to standards, scalability, modularity and
openness architecture.
These facilitate use in a range of applications from the most basic to the most demanding.
They also ensure interoperability with existing components.
Schneider Electric philosophy is to provide a range of Ethernet products like switch that
match all general requirements needed in electric substation: power supply, immunity to
environmental constraints.
It provides also solutions to specific requirement like for example network redundancy
management.
Each of these products can be used independently, or can be integrated to form a PACiS
system, a Digital Control System (DCS) or a SCADA system.
2.1 MiCOM Switches
Driven by the requirements around the world for advanced applications in SCADA, Digital
Control Systems, Automation, Control and Monitoring, Schneider Electric has designed and
still develop a complete range of products that communicate via Ethernet links.
The specificity of electric plant leads to constraints that are rarely full-filled by standard
Ethernet products: environmental, power supply, redundancy…
This new MiCOM range of Ethernet switch, the MiCOM Hxxx has been specially tailored for
the PACiS system. The MiCOM Hxxx range is designed to address the needs of a wide
range of installations, from small to large and customer applications.
2.2 MiCOM Ethernet Switch names
Basically the naming of Ethernet devices is composed of its mechanical arrangement and its
number of port copper or optical.
The existing mechanical are:

• MiCOM H3xx DIN mounting case and power supply

• MiCOM H1xx PCI Board (getting power supply from PCI BUS into a PC)

• MiCOM H6xx 19’ Rack with up to 4 boards switch and power supply

Reference Description Ethernet Housing

Tx Fx
MiCOM H 140 Switch “simple” Copper 6 0 PCI board
MiCOM H 141 Switch “simple” multi-mode 6 1 PCI board

MiCOM H 340 Switch “simple” Copper 6 0 DIN Rack

MiCOM H 341 Switch “simple” multi-mode 6 1 DIN Rack
MiCOM H 342 Switch “simple” multi-mode 6 2 DIN Rack
MiCOM H 343 Switch “simple” single-mode 6 1 DIN Rack
MiCOM H 344 Switch “simple” single-mode 6 2 DIN Rack
MiCOM H 352 Switch for ring architecture multi-mode 6 2 DIN Rack
MiCOM H 354 Switch for ring architecture single-mode 6 2 DIN Rack
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Reference Description Ethernet Housing

MiCOM H 60x Optical Star 19' rack with from 1 to 4 x 19’ 2U Rack
H64x and H65x boards
MiCOM H 621 Optical Multi-mode star-switch board 2 6 Double Europe
MiCOM H 623 Optical Single-mode star-switch board 2 6 Double Europe
MiCOM H 631 Double Multi-mode switch board 2*4 2*1 Double Europe
MiCOM H 633 Double Single-mode star switch board 2*4 2*1 Double Europe

TABLE 1: MiCOM ETHERNET AVAILABLE DEVICE LIST

2.3 MiCOM H14x
The MiCOM H14x range is composed of unmanaged switches, extremely easy to install and
operate, designed to be integrated in an industrial PC or a Shoe-box and implemented in
electric plant environment (IEC 61000-4 & 60255-5).
On the media side, MiCOM H14x supports 10BaseT, 100BaseTX and 100BaseFX as
specified by the IEEE 802.3 committee. With the full duplex and 100BaseTx or 100BaseFx
communications, each port can provide theoretically a full 200 Mbps of data throughput (2
times in duplex the 100Mbps of one link).
The MiCOM H14x is plug and play devices. It can running with the factory setting. To adapt
the switch to your applicationyou simply configure using the jumpers the necessary
parameters . No supervisory processor is requires to operate properly.
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3. FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION
The MiCOM H14x is designed to be an Ethernet switch PCI format board. The MiCOM H14x
has to be integrated in a PC (industrial or not depending on environmenet constraints) or in a
Box with a PCI connector and a Power supply.
3.1 MiCOM H14x Range
The MiCOM H14x range is defined by the kind of Ethernet connection. All equipement of the
MiCOM H14x range has Copper connection 5 4 or 6) throught RJ45, with speed
automatically adjusted from external emitters to 10 or 100 Mbps.
Copper Ethernet link is limited in distance and subject to perturbation. For long distance and
higher noise immunity Ethernet optical ports are added to the range. One or two optical port
can be added. To increase Ethernet link lenght the optical port can have a laser emetter in
Mono Mode (or single Mode).

Model Description Connectors

MiCOM H 140 Fast Ethernet industrial switch 6 x RJ45

MiCOM H 141 Fast Ethernet industrial switch 4 x RJ45

Multimode 1300 nm 1 x ST

3.2 MiCOM H14x functional composition

With exemple of MiCOM H140, the Ethernet switch is composed of the function blocs given
below.

Parameters :
VLAN, Priority,
MAC address

EEPROMs

Redundant
AC/ DC power
supply
Switch 10/100Mb/s Power
6 * 10/100Base Tx
Supply

LEDs Alarm contacts

1 or 2 * 100Base Fx
S0139ENa

FIGURE 1: MiCOM H140

The central part is composed by switching component managing up to 6 Ethernet links. An
EEPROM stores the switching algorithm and manages (via jumpers) minimum parameters of
Ethernet switching algorithm.
4 copper connection are defined in standard. 2 optional optic or copper connections can be
defined in the range.
3.3 Power management
If there is no cable on a port, most of the circuitry for that port is disabled to save power.
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3.4 Ethernet Port Switching Features

MiCOM H14x determines automatically at message reception the speed of its transmission
layer 10 or 100 Mbps MiCOM H14x adapts automatically itself to this transmission speed
and other transmission parameters like half or full duplex.
3.4.1 10Base Tx and 100Base Tx
The copper ports are full/half duplex and auto-sense the transmission speed. They will auto-
negociate with the connected device to determinate the optimal speed. When the connected
device is only capable of transmitting at 10Mbps, the MiCOM H14x follows the 10Mbps.
3.4.2 100Base Fx
The fiber optic ports are full/half duplex at 100Mbps only limited by . An external switch can
select “half or full duplex” for the optical ports (H141 & H142).
3.5 Ethernet Management
3.5.1 Address look up
Each Ethernet device inserts its unique “MAC address” into each message it send out. The
port on the MiCOM H14x used for given MAC address is automatically learned when a frame
is received from that address. Once an address is learned, the MiCOM H14x will route
messages to only the appropriate port. A time stamp is also placed in memory when a new
address is learned. This time stamp is used with the aging feature, which will remove
unnused MAC Addresses from table after 300 seconds. The broadcasting messages are
transmit in the all ports.
Up to 1024 MAC addresses can be stored and monitored at any time.
3.5.2 Buffering
An internal buffer is used for buffering the messages. There are 1024 buffers available. The
factory setting mode adaptively allocates buffers up to 512 to a single port based loading.
3.5.3 Back off operation
The MiCOM H14x will drop a packet after 16 collisions (J factory setting).
3.5.4 Back pressure for half duplex
The MiCOM H14x will apply « back pressure » when necessary with half-duplex operation.
This «back pressure » will reduce congestion on busy networks (J factory setting).
3.5.5 Broadcast storm protection
Broadcasts and multicasts are limited to 5% of the available bandwidth (J factory setting).
3.5.6 Auto Negotiation and Speed-Sensing
All four or six RJ45 ports of the MiCOM H14x independently support auto negotiation for
speeds in the 10BaseT and 100BaseTx modes. Operation is according to the IEEE 802.3u
standard.
3.5.7 Forwarding
MiCOM H14x supports store and forward mode. MiCOM H14x will forward messages with
know addresses out only the appropriate port. Messages with unknown addresses,
broadcast messages and multicast messages will get forwarded out all ports except the
source port. MiCOM H14x will not forward error packets, 802.3x pause frames or local
paquets.
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3.5.8 Priority tagging

802.1p priority is enabled on all ports. A 6 KB buffer is reserved for priority traffic.
3.5.8.1 Flow control
The MiCOM H14x automatically supports standard flow control frames on both the transmit
and receive sides.
On the receive side, if MiCOM H14x receives a pause control frame it will not transmit the
next normal frame until the timer, specified in the pause control frame, expires. If another
pause frame is received before the current timer expires, the timer will be updated with the
new value in the second pause frame. During this period (being flow controlled), only flow
control packets from MiCOM H14x will be transmitted.
On the transmit side, MiCOM H14x has intelligent and efficient ways to determine when to
invoke flow control. The flow control is based on availability of the system resources,
including available buffers, available transmit queues and available receive queues. MiCOM
H14x will flow control a port, which just received a packet, if the destination port resource is
being used up. MiCOM H14x will issue a flow control frame (XOFF), containing the
maximum pause time defined in IEEE standard 802.3x. A hysteresis feature is provided to
prevent flow control mechanism from being activated and deactivated too many times.
MiCOM H14x will flow control all ports if the receive queue becomes full.
3.5.9 VLAN Operation
The VLAN’s are setup by programming the VLAN Mask Registers in the EEPROM. The
perspective of the VLAN is from the input port and which output ports it sees directly through
the MiCOM H14x. For example if port 1 only participated in a VLAN with ports 2 and 9 then
one would set bits 0 and 7 in register 13 (Port 1 VLAN Mask Register). Note that different
ports can be setup independently.
An example of this would be where a router is connected to port 9 and each of the other
ports would work autonomously. In this configuration ports 1 through 8 would only set the
mask for port 9 and port 9 would set the mask for ports 1 through 8. In this way the router
could see all ports and each of the other individual ports would only communicate with the
router.
All multicast and broadcast frames adhere to the VLAN configuration. Unicast frame
treatment is a function of register 2 bit 0. If this bit is set then unicast frames only see ports
within their VLAN. If this bit is cleared unicast frames can traverse VLAN’s. VLAN tags can
be added or removed on a per port basis.
Further, there are provisions to specify the tag value to be inserted on a per port basis. The
table below briefly summarizes VLAN features.
For more detailed settings see the EEPROM register description.

Register(s) Bit(s) Global / Port Description

4-12 2 Port Insert VLAN Tags – If specified, will add VLAN tags
to frames without existing tags
4-12 1 Port Strip VLAN Tags If specified, will remove VLAN
tags from frames if they exist
2 0 Global VLAN Enforcement – Allows unicast frames to
adhere or ignore the VLAN configuration
13-21 7-0 Port VLAN Mask Registers – Allows configuration of
individual VLAN grouping.
22-39 7-0 Port VLAN Tag Insertion Values – Specifies the VLAN
tag to be inserted if enabled
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4. TECHNICAL DATA
4.1 MiCOM H14x Range

Ports 10/100BaseTxCopper 100 BaseFx Multi Mode

MiCOM H140 6 -
MiCOM H141 4 1

10/100BaseT(x) Ports
Connector type Shielded RJ45 jack
Twisted pair cable Cat 5
Max cable length with Cat 5 100 m

General
Ethernet
Forwarding mode Store and forward
Memory bandwidth 2 Gbps
MAC Address 1K
Address learning Automatic
Address aging Remove old address after 300s
Collision Drops after 16 collisions
Back pressure Automatic for half duplex
Broadcast storm protection Limits to 5% by strap
Buffering 128 Kb
Illegal frame Dropped per 802.3
Late collision Dropped after 512 bit times

Environmental
Isolation
Dielectric strength I/O ports 2 kV – 50 Hz for 1 minute IEC 60255-5
Com. ports 1,5 kV dc for 1 minute
Insulation resistance I/O ports 100 MΩ at 500 V IEC 60255-5
Com. ports 100 MΩ at 500 V
Impulse voltage I/O ports 5 kV CM 3 kV DM IEC 60255-5
Com. ports 1 kV CM
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5. HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE

Some LED are used to indicate the state of the links.
The table below indicates the function of each LED:

Function LED number Color Description

Ports Tx 1 - 2 - 3 -4 -5-6 GREEN Connected without activity
GREEN slow blink (~1s) Activity at 10 Mbps
GREEN fast blink Activity at 100 Mbps
OFF No connection

Upon power up the switch will go through a series of self-testing. The 6 “Ports LED” will flash
a few seconds.
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6. INSTALLATION
The MiCOM H14x can be easily mounted on a standard PCI bus connector in horizontal or
vertical position.

AREVA
2070752-Z

S373XXa

FIGURE 2: MiCOM H140 PCI BOARD

6.1 Installing the Controller
To install the MiCOM H14x in the system cabinet:
1. Shut down your computer and disconnect the power cord.
2. Open the computer cabinet and identify an unused PCI slot.
3. Identify an unused PCI slot and remove the slot cover, as illustrated below.
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4. Install the controller in the PCI slot

5. Use the Ethernet cables to connect your MiCOM H14x to the MiCOM C364 boards.
The connectors at each end of a cable are the identical; therefore, it does not matter
which end you connect to your MiCOM H14x board or MiCOM C364.
6. Close the computer cabinet and re-attach the power cord.
7. Use the Ethernet cables to connect your MiCOM H14x to the Ethernet network.
8. Your can restart your computer
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7. HARDWARE
7.1 Indentification Label

• On the lower face of the MiCOM H14x a rectangular label is displayed. This stick is
enlarged below. The major indication for MiCOM H141 or H142 is given with Multi or
Monomode for the kind of optical fiber supported.

Power supply
A01 24 v
A02 48 – 115 v
A03

20 70 747 A02 (48-115v)

Multi mode

CE
S0141ENa
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8. CONNECTION
8.1 Ethernet connection
The Ethernet-based communication available in the MiCOM H140 uses either fibre optic
media (ST connector) or 4 pair twisted cable.
If equipment's are located at a long distance (>10 m for RS232, >100 m for RS422 and
>1000 m for RS485) from the communication equipment or multiplexer or if the cables run
through a noisy area, then optical communication should be used to interconnect the IEDs
and the communication equipment.
8.1.1 Ethernet cable type

Only the cable insulated category 5 (FTP: Foil Twisted Pair) or insulated (STP -
Shielded Twisted Pairs) with RJ45 connectors must be used.

FIGURE 3: RJ45 CONNECTOR

The norm is:
1 = white / orange
2 = orange
3 = white / green
4 = blue (non used)
5 = white / blue (non used)
6 = green
7 = white / brown (non used)
8 = brown (non used)
The RJ45 connector when seen face on, flat side on bottom, side tab on top, then pin 1 is on
the left and pin 8 on the right.
The MiCOM H14x support star or tree network topology.
The maximum cable length for 10/100BaseTx is typically 100 meters.
8.1.2 Ethernet optical fiber
The FO cable are connected to the corresponding FO elements. The connector type for the
multi mode fiber or single mode is ST.

ST R
(female)

100 Base-FX
Ethernet-based link
S0144ENa

FIGURE 4: ETHERNET OPTICAL FIBER

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9. SETTINGS
9.1 Internal Jumpers Meaning
Some jumpers are used to adapt the MiCOM H14x to your network:

N° Open Closed Factory

setting
W1 Enable 802.1p selected by Enable 802.1p field for all port Closed
EEPROM
W2 Enable more aggressive back-off Enable less aggressive back-off Open
W3 Continue sending frame regardless Enable to drop frame after 16 Open
of number of collisions collisions
W4 Enable flow control Disable flow control Closed
W5 Unlimited broadcast frames Enable 5% broadcast frame allowed Open
W6 Share buffers up to 512 buffers on Enable equal amount of buffers per Open
a single port Port (113 buffers)
W7 Max length is 1536 byte Enable enforce the max frame length Open
for VLAN is 1522
W8 Enable half duplex back pressure Disable half duplex back pressure Open
W9 No priority reserve Enable 6KB priority buffer reserved Closed

OPEN CLOSE
S0145ENa

FIGURE 5: OPEN/CLOSE SWITCH

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J1

J2-4
Port 3

J3-1 J2-3
Port 1 J3 Port 4
J2-2
J3-2 Port 5
Port 2
J2-1
Port 6

J2

J4

S374XXa

OPEN CLOSE
S0145ENa

FIGURE 6: MiCOM H14X SIDE VIEW

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10. APPLICATIONS
10.1 Fibber Optic budget calculations
Optical power is expressed in Watts. However, the common unit of power measure is the
dBm and defined by the following equation:
Power (dBm) = 10 log Power (mW) / 1 mW.
The following example shows the calculation of the maximum range for various types of
fibbers

Patch panel

L max ?

Switch Switch
MiCOM H34 MiCOM H34

S0147ENa

FIGURE 7: FIBBER OPTIC DISTANCE

Fiber type Multi mode Single mode

62,5/125 micron 9/125 micron
Power coupled into fiber - 19 dBm - 15 dBm
sensitivity - 31 dBm - 34 dBm
Link budget 12 dB 19 dB
Connector loss (2) 0,8 dB 0,8 dB
Patch loss (2) 2 dB 1 dB
Safety Margin 4 dB 4 dB
Allowed link attenuation 2,4 dB 11,4 dB
Typical cable attenuation 1 dB/km 0,4 dB/km
Maximum range 2,4 km 28 km

The values given above are only given as indication. Always use cable and connector losses
as specified by the manufacturer.
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11. LEXICAL
11.1 10Base T and 100Base Tx
The copper ports are full/half duplex and auto-sense the transmission speed. They will auto-
negociate with the connected device to determinate the optimal speed. When the connected
device is only capable of transmitting at 10Mbps, the MiCOM H14x follows the 10Mbps.
11.2 100Base Fx
The fiber optic ports are full/half duplex at 100Mbps only. An external switch can select “half
or full duplex” for the two optical ports.
11.3 Power management
If there is no cable on a port, most of the circuitry for that port is disabled to save power.
11.4 Address look up
Each Ethernet device inserts its unique “MAC address” into each message it send out. The
port on the MiCOM H14x used for given MAC address is automatically learned when a frame
is received from that address. Once an address is learned, the MiCOM H14x will route
messages to only the appropriate port. A time stamp is also placed in memory when a new
address is learned. This time stamp is used with the aging feature, which will remove
unnused MAC Addresses from table after 300 seconds. The broadcasting messages are
transmit in the all ports.
Up to 1024 MAC addresses can be stored and monitored at any time.
11.5 Buffering
An internal buffer is used for buffering the messages. There are 1024 buffers available. The
factory setting mode adaptively allocates buffers up to 512 to a single port based loading.
11.6 Back off operation
The MiCOM H14x will drop a packet after 16 collisions (W7).
11.7 Back pressure for half duplex
The MiCOM H14x will apply « back pressure » when necessary with half-duplex operation.
This «back pressure » will reduce congestion on busy networks (W2).
11.8 Broadcast storm protection
Broadcasts and multicasts are limited to 5% of the available bandwidth (W5).
11.9 Auto Negotiation and Speed-Sensing
All six or eight RJ45 ports independently support auto negotiation for speeds in the 10BaseT
and 100BaseTx modes. Operation is according to the IEEE 802.3u standard.
11.10 Forwarding
The MiCOM H14x support store and forward mode. It will forward messages with know
addresses out only the appropriate port. Messages with unknown addresses, broadcast
messages and multicast messages will get forwarded out all ports except the source port.
The MiCOM H14x will not forward error packets, 802.3x pause frames or local packets.
11.11 Priority tagging
802.1p priority is enabled on all ports. A 6 KB buffer is reserved for priority traffic. You muss
used the EEPROM to configure this function
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11.12 Flow control

The MiCOM H14x automatically supports standard flow control frames on both the transmit
and receive sides.
On the receive side, if the MiCOM H14x receives a pause control frame it will not transmit
the next normal frame until the timer, specified in the pause control frame, expires. If another
pause frame is received before the current timer expires, the timer will be updated with the
new value in the second pause frame. During this period (being flow controlled), only flow
control packets from the MiCOM H14x will be transmitted.
On the transmit side, the MiCOM H14x has intelligent and efficient ways to determine when
to invoke flow control. The flow control is based on availability of the system resources,
including available buffers, available transmit queues and available receive queues. The
MiCOM H14x will flow control a port, which just received a packet, if the destination port
resource is being used up. The MiCOM H14x will issue a flow control frame (XOFF),
containing the maximum pause time defined in IEEE standard 802.3x. A hysteresis feature is
provided to prevent flow control mechanism from being activated and deactivated too many
times.
The MiCOM H14x will flow control all ports if the receive queue becomes full.
11.13 VLAN Operation
The VLAN’s are setup by programming the VLAN Mask Registers in the EEPROM. The
perspective of the VLAN is from the input port and which output ports it sees directly through
the MiCOM H14x. For example if port 1 only participated in a VLAN with ports 2 and 9 then
one would set bits 0 and 7 in register 13 (Port 1 VLAN Mask Register). Note that different
ports can be setup independently. An example of this would be where a router is connected
to port 9 and each of the other ports would work autonomously. In this configuration ports 1
through 8 would only set the mask for port 9 and port 9 would set the mask for ports 1
through 8. In this way the router could see all ports and each of the other individual ports
would only communicate with the router. All multicast and broadcast frames adhere to the
VLAN configuration. Unicast frame treatment is a function of register 2 bit 0. If this bit is set
then unicast frames only see ports within their VLAN. If this bit is cleared unicast frames can
traverse VLAN’s. VLAN tags can be added or removed on a per port basis. Further, there
are provisions to specify the tag value to be inserted on a per port basis. The table below
briefly summarizes VLAN features.

Register(s) Bit(s) Global / Port Description

4-12 2 Port Insert VLAN Tags – If specified, will add VLAN tags
to frames without existing tags
4-12 1 Port Strip VLAN Tags If specified, will remove VLAN tags
from frames if they exist
2 0 Global VLAN Enforcement – Allows unicast frames to
adhere or ignore the VLAN configuration
13-21 7-0 Port VLAN Mask Registers – Allows configuration of
individual VLAN grouping.
22-39 7-0 Port VLAN Tag Insertion Values – Specifies the VLAN tag
to be inserted if enabled
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