Dive Summary:
- American Electric Power (AEP) has entered into a contract with Cooper Power Systems to deliver new SMP 16 Substation Gateways and SMP I/O Remote Terminal Units for its substation automation projects.
- The SMP 16 Substation Gateway is the data concentrator on the market and provides utilities with secure data acquisition.
- Over the next ten years, AEP plans to install more than 200 SMP 16 gateways and up to 400 SMP I/O RTUs each year.
From the article:
The Cooper Power Systems SMP 16 Substation Gateway is the data concentrator on the market, providing utilities with secure and reliable data acquisition and management, and featuring essential communication and data concentration for substation automation and integration applications.
The Cooper Power Systems SMP I/O RTU is a scalable distributed I/O module perfectly adapted to substation automation requirements. It is truly substation-grade, field-upgradable and scalable, and integrates seamlessly with the SMP 16 to reduce required configuration effort and time. ...
